Tinder-horn (length 2 3/8 ins) formed from tip of a small bullock's horn

Tinder-horn (length 2 3/8 ins) formed from tip of a small

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Tinder-horn (length 2 3/8 ins) formed from tip of a small
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Tinder-horn (length 2 3/8 ins) formed from tip of a small bullock's horn, slightly carved, with leather plug secured to tip by a leathern thong; made and used by the Gaucho Indians, of the Argentine and Paraguay; collected 1904. South America.

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Category:
Firemaking
Object Number:
1937-682/813
type:
tinder-box
credit:
Wilkinson Sword Ltd.