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1938.35.812

Pocket strike-a-light [PRA [OPS move] 6/9/2017]

1938.35.812

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pocket strike-a-light [PRA [OPS move] 6/9/2017]
Long description
Pocket strike-a-light, consisting of a textured metal tube extinguisher, with a disk-shaped stopper. There is a flat, oval fire steel, with a rectangular opening in the middle, clamped to its side. A length of pinkish cord tinder passes through the tube. There is a length of chain attached to the stopper, fastened to a trapezoid-shaped flint, semi-translucent and grey in colour. [PRA [OPS move] 6/9/2017]
Cultural groups
French
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1909
Date collected
1909
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Steel Metal, Material Flint Stone, Material Metal Wire, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Tin Metal, Process Clamped, Process Cast, Process Coiled, Process Braided
Dimensions
Depth: max 15 mm, Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 232 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.812 Other numbers: 1524

Search terms: Fire, Vessel, Fire Accessory, Tinder

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