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1966.1.1345

Length of circular sectioned clay blast pipe. Grey/black in colour. Broken off at both ends.[AB [OPS Move] 23/2/2017]

1966.1.1345

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Collection type
Object
Description
Length of circular sectioned clay blast pipe. Grey/black in colour. Broken off at both ends.[AB [OPS Move] 23/2/2017]
Geographical reference
Zambia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Zambia
Person
Field collector S.P. Ivey
PRM source Ipswich Museum
PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1966
Date collected
By 1966
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes
Material Clay
Dimensions
Diameter: max 51 mm, Length: max 252 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1966.1.1345 Other numbers: 1925.83
Research and responses

A tuyere is 'the nozzle through which the blast is forced into a forge or furnace' [See OED Online].

Search terms: Metallurgy, Tool

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