- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Silver mounted, armadillo tail tinder box. [BS [OPS move] 7/9/2017]
- Long description
- Tinder box. Made from the curled tail of an armadillo with pale yellow scales. The lid is silver with a scalloped collar and incised foliate and floral designs surmounted by a lion. There is a chain connecting the ld to a silver bracket at the loop in the tail. [BS [OPS move] 7/9/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1939
- Date collected
- By 1939
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Silver Metal, Material Animal Tail, Process Cast, Process Incised, Process Looped, Process Repoussé
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 31 mm, Width: max 69 mm, Length: max 95 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.35.1884 Other numbers: 1383
Search terms: Box, Fire, Fire Accessory, Tinder
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