Tinder-box (length 3 1/2 ins) made of a seed-pod of the Fan-palm (Borassus)

PART OF:: Bryant and May collection of fire-making appliances.

Made:: Bow and Bow and

Tinder-box (length 3 1/2 ins) made of a seed-pod of the

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Tinder-box (length 3 1/2 ins) made of a seed-pod of the Fan-palm (Borassus); contains flint, steel, and tinder (the latter the floss of the silk-cotton tree, Bombax malabaricus, contained in a case made of two half-cocoons of the silk moth and attached by a cord). Kolaba, India.

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Category:: Firemaking

Object Number:: 1937-682/682

type:: tinder-box

credit:: Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

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