- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fire making apparatus: palm tinder. A piece of plant fibre which is inside a glass cylindrical container. [SB [OPS Move] 18/4/2017]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1889
- Date collected
- By 1889
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1889
- Materials and processes
- Material Palm Fibre Plant
- Dimensions
- Height: max 378 mm, Diameter: max 95 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1889.35.7
Search terms: Fire, Fire Accessory, Tinder
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