Horn cylinder from fire piston set. [MJD (Verve) 5/9/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Horn cylinder from fire piston set. [MJD (Verve) 5/9/2017]
Long description: Dark brown horn cylinder with attached cloth bag and flat round wooden grease box with horn stopper from fire piston set. The fire piston set also contains [.2] piston and [.3] tinder. [MJD (Verve) 5/9/2017]
Geographical reference: Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma); Upper [Northern] Burma
Person: Field collector Claude Rogers; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: By 1933
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Buffalo Cattle Horn Animal, Material Textile, Material Wood Plant, Process Turned, Process Woven
Dimensions: Depth: max 26 mm, Width: max 88 mm, Length: max 205 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.84.1 Other numbers: 764 a-c

Search terms: Fire, Bag, Box, Vessel, Fire Accessory, Stopper

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