Cloth firebag containing steel

Made:
1850-1920

Cloth firebag containing steel, flint and tinder, from Rajastan, India, 1850-1920

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A20564
Materials:
cloth
type:
firebag, tinder, steel and flint
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Tube containing fluff

Tube containing fluff

Bamboo tube, containing cotton(?) fluff, scorched at one end

Measurements:
overall: 86 mm 26 mm,
Materials:
bamboo and cotton
Object Number:
A20564 Pt1
type:
tinder
Bar of steel

Bar of steel

Bar of steel

Measurements:
overall: 117 mm x 24 mm x 6 mm,
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A20564 Pt2
type:
steel
Chunk of flint

Chunk of flint

Chunk of flint

Measurements:
overall: 39 mm x 20 mm x 12 mm,
Materials:
flint
Object Number:
A20564 Pt3
type:
flint
Firebag for steel, flint and tinder

Firebag for steel, flint and tinder

Cloth firebag for steel, flint and tinder, from Rajastan, India, 1850-1920

Measurements:
overall: 159 mm x 65 mm x 4 mm,
Materials:
complete and cloth
Object Number:
A20564 Pt4
type:
firebag