Tinder-bag (depth 7 ins) of coarse white canvas, without flap at top; contains flint (a rough piece of chert), steel (very plain, made from an old file), and tinder (undyed cotton threads, loosely twisted into a number of cords, in a tinder-tube of bamboo). Probably India. [One of 14 examples (nos 939-952). All ASiatic. Most designed to be suspended from a belt or girdle. Steel is usually carried inside the pouch together with flint and tinder. Tinder is usually fungus-tinder, but often match-tinder in the form of cotton threads loosely twisted into cord an d inserted into a small bamboo tube or hollow stick].