Tinder-box (length 2 1/2 ins) of bamboo
- Made:
- Bow
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Tinder-box (length 2 1/2 ins) of bamboo, in two portions
Science Museum Group
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Tinder-box (length 2 1/2 ins) of bamboo, in two portions, one fitting into the other; nodes form bottom and top; two portions held together by a string, which also secures a very small thin oval steel (length 2 ins), pierced at one end for attachment; contains flint (a small rough lump of chert); from Island of Nias, off Sumatra. East Indies.
Details
- Category:
- Firemaking
- Object Number:
- 1937-682/678
- type:
- tinder-box
- credit:
- Wilkinson Sword Ltd.
