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[One of] fourteen modern pocket Tinder-tubes, probably French

[One of] fourteen modern pocket Tinder-tubes, probably French

Eider down tinder, used by the Eskimos of Smith's Sound, collected during the Peary Expedition of 1898-1902

Eider down tinder, used by the Eskimos of Smith's Sound, collected during the Peary Expedition of 1898-1902

TInder, from axis of leaves of Dwarf Palm, used with flint and tinder, Indian

TInder, from axis of leaves of Dwarf Palm, used with flint and tinder, Indian

Dried moss to convey fire, used by the Eskimos of Smith's Sound, collected during the Peary Expedition of 1898-1902

Dried moss to convey fire, used by the Eskimos of Smith's Sound, collected during the Peary Expedition of 1898-1902

Flint, steel, and tinder, from tinder-box made from the shells of two half-gourds, West Indies, 1910

Flint, steel, and tinder, from tinder-box made from the shells of two half-gourds, West Indies, 1910

1910

Instantaneous Light Box of thin iron; rectangular

Instantaneous Light Box of thin iron; rectangular

Flint, for use with one of fourteen modern pocket Tinder-tubes, probably French

Flint, for use with one of fourteen modern pocket Tinder-tubes, probably French

Steel, used with flint and tinder, by the Batang-Lupar Dyaks of the Kapuas River, Borneo, 1912

Steel, used with flint and tinder, by the Batang-Lupar Dyaks of the Kapuas River, Borneo, 1912

1912

Steel, used with flint and tinder from axis of leaves of Dwarf Palm, Indian

Steel, used with flint and tinder from axis of leaves of Dwarf Palm, Indian

Steel, used with flint and tinder, by the Batang-Lupar Dyaks of the Kapuas River, Borneo, 1912

Steel, used with flint and tinder, by the Batang-Lupar Dyaks of the Kapuas River, Borneo, 1912

1912

Flint, used with steel and tinder, by the Batang-Lupar Dyaks of the Kapuas River, Borneo, 1912

Flint, used with steel and tinder, by the Batang-Lupar Dyaks of the Kapuas River, Borneo, 1912

1912

Nodule of Iron-Pyrites, used by the Eskimos of Smith's Sound, collected during the Peary Expedition of 1898-1902

Nodule of Iron-Pyrites, used by the Eskimos of Smith's Sound, collected during the Peary Expedition of 1898-1902

Flint, used with steel and tinder from axis of leaves of Dwarf Palm, Indian

Flint, used with steel and tinder from axis of leaves of Dwarf Palm, Indian

Instantaneous Light Box of thin iron; rectangular (size 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 ins)

Instantaneous Light Box of thin iron; rectangular (size 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 ins)

Tinder-box (length 6 1/2 ins) made from the shells of two half-gourds, which fit into one another; native work; contains flint, steel, and tinder (the latter a piece of the pithy flower-stem of the Agave); collected in 1910, by Mr. R. Kislingbury, on Sta. Lucia. West Indies.

Tinder-box made from shells of two half-gourds, with flint, steel, and tinder, West Indies, 1910

Flint (a small fragment of chert; length 1 in), steel (C-shaped [reversed], slender, broad-faced, length 2 3/4 ins), and tinder (the woolly tormentum from the axils of the leaves of the Dwarf Palm or Phish, Chamærops ritchieana, steeped in saltpetre); collected by Mr. M. L. Dawes from the Mizari tribe of the Baloches, of the Hills adjoining Dera Ghazi, Kahn District, Punjaub. India.

Flint, steel, and tinder from axis of leaves of Dwarf palm, Indian

Flint (a rough lump of chalcedony, length 1 3/8 in), steel (exactly like that from Shanghai noticed above, no. 180), and tinder (threads of cotton, twisted and plaited, dyed yellow, and inserted in a very small tube of bamboo, diam. 3/8 in); used by the Batang-Lupar Dyaks of the Kapuas River, Dutch Borneo; collected in August 1912 by Mr. J. F. R. Wollaston. Borneo.

Flint, steel, and tinder, used by the Batang-Lupar Dyaks of the Kapuas River, Borneo, 1912

1912