Collection

String firebag containing pipe

Made:
1850-1920 in Rajasthan

String firebag containing pipe, flint, tinder and steel, reputedly from Rajastan, India, 1850-1920

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A14656
Materials:
string
type:
firebags, tinders, pipes, quartz and steel
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Smoking pipe

Smoking pipe

Pot pipe, bowl and stem only, stored in string firebag, reputedly from Rajastan, India, 1850-1920

Measurements:
overall: 68 mm 34 mm,
Materials:
pottery
Object Number:
A14656 Pt1
type:
pipe - smoking equipment
Rag containing remains of tinder

Rag containing remains of tinder

Small rag containing remains of tinder, stored in string firebag, reputedly from Rajastan, India, 1850-1920

Object Number:
A14656 Pt2
type:
tinder
Chunk of quartz

Chunk of quartz

Chunk of quartz, stored in string firebag, reputedly from Rajastan, India, 1850-1920

Measurements:
overall: 25 mm x 30 mm x 26 mm,
Materials:
quartz
Object Number:
A14656 Pt3
type:
quartz
Piece of steel

Piece of steel

Piece of steel, stored in string firebag, reputedly from Rajastan, India, 1850-1920

Measurements:
overall: 68 mm x 27 mm x 4 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal)
Object Number:
A14656 Pt4
type:
steel
Firebag of flint, tinder and steel

Firebag of flint, tinder and steel

String firebag for, flint, tinder and steel, reputedly from Rajastan, India, 1850-1920

Measurements:
overall: 160 mm x 145 mm x 13 mm,
Materials:
string and complete
Object Number:
A14656 Pt5
type:
firebag

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