Green and red cloth firebag

Made:
1880-1910

Green and red cloth firebag, decorated with cowrie shells, contains bamboo tube and clay pipe, Indian, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A24841
Materials:
cloth
type:
firebag: pipe and tube
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Tube for storing tinder

Tube for storing tinder

Short length of bamboo tube for storing tinder

Measurements:
overall: 86 mm 20 mm,
Object Number:
A24841 Pt2
type:
tube
Firebag for tube and pipe

Firebag for tube and pipe

Green and red cloth firebag, decorated with cowrie shells, for bamboo tube and clay pipe, Indian, 1880-1910

Measurements:
overall: 235 mm x 197 mm
Materials:
complete and cloth
Object Number:
A24841 Pt3
type:
firebag