Piece of fungal tinder. For associated tinder pouch and contents see [1938.35.776 .1

Collection type: Object
Description: Piece of fungal tinder. For associated tinder pouch and contents see [1938.35.776 .1 - .6] [EH [OPS move] 30/8/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1840
Date collected: By 1924
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Fungus Plant
Dimensions: Depth: max 20 mm, Width: max 44 mm, Length: max 57 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.776.5 Other numbers: 1488
Research and responses: OED online: Steel: 8. As the name of various instruments made of steel. a. A piece of steel shaped for the purpose of striking fire with a flint. {dag}In a pistol or firelock, the piece of steel which is struck by the ‘cock’ carrying the flint. [AP 02/10/2006]
OED online: Amadou: German tinder, prepared from species of fungus Polyporus and Boletus, that grow on trees, employed as a match and a styptic. [AP 12/12/2007]