Leather firebag containing steel, tinder, pipe, and flint

Made:
1890-1920 in Nimach
Leather firebag containing steel, tinder, pipe, and flint

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Leather firebag containing steel, tinder, pipe and flint, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A14657
Materials:
leather
Measurements:
length 165 mm
width 183 mm
thickness 7 mm
type:
firebags, flint, pipes, tinders and steel
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Chunks of flint

Chunks of flint

Two chunks of flint, stored in leather firebag, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Measurements:
large piece: 31 mm x 33 mm x 30 mm,
Materials:
flint
Object Number:
A14657 Pt1
type:
flint
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Pipe, pot, stored in leather firebag, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Pipe, pot, stored in leather firebag

Pipe, pot, stored in leather firebag, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Measurements:
overall: 64 mm 38 mm,
Materials:
pottery
Object Number:
A14657 Pt2
type:
pipe - smoking equipment
Tube containing thread

Tube containing thread

Cotton(?) thread in cane tube, stored in leather firebag, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Measurements:
tube: 22 mm,
string: 400 mm
Materials:
cotton and cane
Object Number:
A14657 Pt3
type:
tinder
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Steel (broken in two pieces), stored in leather firebag, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Steel (broken in two pieces)

Steel (broken in two pieces), stored in leather firebag, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Measurements:
overall: 64 mm x 27 mm x 4 mm,
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A14657 Pt4
type:
steel
Leather firebag for steel, tinder, pipe and flint, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Firebag for steel, tinder and flint

Leather firebag for steel, tinder, pipe and flint, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Measurements:
overall: 165 mm x 183 mm x 7 mm,
Materials:
leather and complete
Object Number:
A14657 Pt5
type:
firebag

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