Tail of an Armadillo

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

Made:: Bow

Tail of an Armadillo (length, when extended straight

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Tail of an Armadillo (length, when extended straight
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Tail of an Armadillo (length, when extended straight, about 5 ins); curled, but otherwise in its natural state before conversion into a tinder-tube. [NB: One of several specimens (nos. 870-876)... South American, being made from... a species of Armadillo which is common in the Andean Region of Chile and Argentina, where the animal forms a regular article of diet... [All bear] a close resemblance... differing only in the elaborateness of their silver mountings ...]

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Category:: Firemaking

Object Number:: 1937-682/870

Materials:: armadillo

type:: tail

credit:: Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

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