Tinder pouch of leather and red cloth with brass mountings. [EH [OPS move] 10/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Tinder pouch of leather and red cloth with brass mountings. [EH [OPS move] 10/8/2017]
Long description: Tinder pouch, roughly rectangular in shape with curved edges. Constructed from a folded piece of leather with a curved steel attached to one edge. The leather is edged with brass strips, which are decorated on the sides and reverse of the pouch with incised repeating leaf patterns. On the folded flap there are two raised square based bosses, and three openwork mounts with red cloth behind. The central mount has two fish or dolphins, connected at the tips of their fins around an oval of openwork foliate design. Suspension bar with two loops through which a curved handle is attached. [EH [OPS move] 10/8/2017]
Geographical reference: Tibet
Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet
Person: Field collector Alfred Ernest Dickinson; Field collector Cicely Frances Dickinson; Field collector Enid May Dickinson; PRM source Bent Einer Juel-Jensen; PRM source Cicely Mary Juel-Jensen
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1989
Date collected: By 1989
Acquisition information: Donated: 10/1989
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Brass Metal, Material Steel Metal, Material Textile, Process Woven, Process Incised
Dimensions: Width: max 91 mm, Depth: max 22 mm, Length: max 125 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1989.44.43

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