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1938.35.678.4

Cotton cord tinder in a bamboo cylinder. Cream coloured cotton yarn wrapped around and inside a hollow bamboo cylinder. [ILL [OPS move] 31/8/2017]

1938.35.678.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cotton cord tinder in a bamboo cylinder. Cream coloured cotton yarn wrapped around and inside a hollow bamboo cylinder. [ILL [OPS move] 31/8/2017]
Long description
Cotton cord tinder in a bamboo cylinder. Cream coloured cotton yarn wrapped around and inside a hollow bamboo cylinder. Please note that also wrapped around the fire steel [1938.35.678 .3]. [ILL [OPS move] 31/8/2017]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Rajasthan
Person
Field collector Alfred Crowdy Lovett
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1893
Date collected
July 1893
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Wound, Process Carved
Dimensions
Depth: max 4 mm, Width: max 31 mm, Length: max 70 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.678.4 Other numbers: 1360 a-e
Research and responses

This could be Alfred Crowdy Lovett, see biographies [AP 26/2/2002]

Search terms: Fire, Bag, Cordage, Narcotic, Fire Accessory, Tinder, Pipe