Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1938.35.119.11

Cream coloured fragment of pith-like bark, probably used as tinder. Stored in glass-topped box. For associated bark fragments see [1938.35.119 .1 - .12] [EH [OPS move] 11/8/2017]

1938.35.119.11

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Cream coloured fragment of pith-like bark, probably used as tinder. Stored in glass-topped box. For associated bark fragments see [1938.35.119 .1 - .12] [EH [OPS move] 11/8/2017]
Geographical reference
Niger
Africa > Western Africa > Niger
Aïr massif Ti-n-Telloust
Cultural groups
Tuareg Berber
Person
Field collector Francis James Rennell Rodd
Field collector Buchanan-Rodd Expedition
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
November 1923
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Bark Fibre Plant
Dimensions
Depth: max 4 mm, Width: max 14 mm, Length: max 24 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.119.11 Other numbers: 801

Search terms: Specimen, Plant, Fire, Fire Accessory, Tinder