- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Plant fibre tinder from tinder set. [MJD (Verve) 5/9/2017]
- Long description
- Plant fibre tinder from tinder set. The tinder set contains tinder bag [.1], flint [.2] and tinder [.3]. [MJD (Verve) 5/9/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Kashmir
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1893
- Date collected
- 1893
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant
- Dimensions
- Thick 20 mm approx, Width 45 mm approx, Length 45 mm approx
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.35.718.3 Other numbers: 1430
Search terms: Fire, Fire Accessory, Tinder
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