Leather tinder pouch with curved steel at bottom, flap decorated with brass corners and bosses. Loop for suspension at top. [EH [OPS move] 10/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Leather tinder pouch with curved steel at bottom, flap decorated with brass corners and bosses. Loop for suspension at top. [EH [OPS move] 10/8/2017]
Long description: Leather tinder pouch constructed from folded piece of leather. Curved steel attached to the bottom of the pouch. The folded flap is decorated with brass corners of openwork foliate design and three circular bosses in the form of flowers. There is a loop for suspension at the top of the pouch, connected to two loops attached to the leather. [EH [OPS move] 10/8/2017]
Geographical reference: Tibet
Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1951
Date collected: By 1951
Acquisition information: Donated: 1951
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Steel Metal, Process Repoussé, Process Nailed, Process Forged (Metal), Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 104 mm, Depth: max 21 mm, Width: max 42 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1951.6.49 Other numbers: WHMM no. 17424