Flint, steel, and tinder from axis of leaves of Dwarf palm, Indian

Flint (a small fragment of chert; length 1 in), steel (C-shaped [reversed], slender, broad-faced, length 2 3/4 ins), and tinder (the woolly tormentum from the axils of the leaves of the Dwarf Palm or Phish, Chamærops ritchieana, steeped in saltpetre); collected by Mr. M. L. Dawes from the Mizari tribe of the Baloches, of the Hills adjoining Dera Ghazi, Kahn District, Punjaub. India.

Details

Category:
Firemaking
Object Number:
1937-682/178
type:
credit:
Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

Parts

Flint, used with steel and tinder from axis of leaves of Dwarf Palm, Indian

Flint, used with steel and tinder from axis of leaves of Dwarf Palm, Indian

Flint (a small fragment of chert; length 1 in), collected by Mr. M. L. Dawes from the Mizari tribe of the Baloches, of the Hills adjoining Dera Ghazi, Kahn District, Punjaub. India. Used with steel and tinder (the woolly tormentum from the axils of the leaves of the Dwarf Palm or Phish, Chamærops ritchieana, steeped in saltpetre)

Object Number:
1937-682/178/1
type:
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Steel, used with flint and tinder from axis of leaves of Dwarf Palm, Indian

Steel, used with flint and tinder from axis of leaves of Dwarf Palm, Indian

Steel (C-shaped [reversed], slender, broad-faced, length 2 3/4 ins), collected by Mr. M. L. Dawes from the Mizari tribe of the Baloches, of the Hills adjoining Dera Ghazi, Kahn District, Punjaub. India. Used with flint and tinder (the woolly tormentum from the axils of the leaves of the Dwarf Palm or Phish, Chamærops ritchieana, steeped in saltpetre)

Object Number:
1937-682/178/2
type:
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
TInder, from axis of leaves of Dwarf Palm, used with flint and tinder, Indian

TInder, from axis of leaves of Dwarf Palm, used with flint and tinder, Indian

Tinder (the woolly tormentum from the axils of the leaves of the Dwarf Palm or Phish, Chamærops ritchieana, steeped in saltpetre), collected by Mr. M. L. Dawes from the Mizari tribe of the Baloches, of the Hills adjoining Dera Ghazi, Kahn District, Punjaub. India. Used with flint and steel

Object Number:
1937-682/178/3
type:
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum