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1938.35.118.3

Specimen of plant leaf, used as tinder. For associated plant leaf specimens see [1938.35.118 .1 - .3] [EH [OPS move] 14/8/2017]

1938.35.118.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Specimen of plant leaf, used as tinder. For associated plant leaf specimens see [1938.35.118 .1 - .3] [EH [OPS move] 14/8/2017]
Person
Field collector Rawson William Rawson
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1854?, uncertain
Date collected
?1854
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Plant Leaf
Dimensions
Depth: max 17 mm, Width: max 22 mm, Length: max 54 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.118.3 Other numbers: 800
Research and responses

Rawson William Rawson was in South Africa (Cape of Good Hope) in 1854 [AP 30/9/2002]

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

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