Leather firebag containing steel, tinder, pipe, and flint

Made:
1890-1920 in Nimach
Leather firebag containing steel, tinder, pipe and flint

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Leather firebag containing steel, tinder, pipe and flint
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Leather firebag containing steel, tinder, pipe and flint, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A14657
Materials:
leather
type:
firebags, flint, pipes, tinders and steel
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Chunks of flint

Chunks of flint

Two chunks of flint, stored in leather firebag, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Materials:
flint
Object Number:
A14657 Pt1
type:
flint
Pipe, pot, stored in leather firebag

Pipe, pot, stored in leather firebag

Pipe, pot, stored in leather firebag, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Measurements:
overall: 64 mm 38 mm,
Materials:
pottery
Object Number:
A14657 Pt2
type:
pipe - smoking equipment
Tube containing thread

Tube containing thread

Cotton(?) thread in cane tube, stored in leather firebag, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Materials:
cotton and cane
Object Number:
A14657 Pt3
type:
tinder
Steel (broken in two pieces)

Steel (broken in two pieces)

Steel (broken in two pieces), stored in leather firebag, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Measurements:
overall: 64 mm x 27 mm x 4 mm,
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A14657 Pt4
type:
steel
Firebag for steel, tinder and flint

Firebag for steel, tinder and flint

Leather firebag for steel, tinder, pipe and flint, from Neemuch, Central India, 1890-1920

Measurements:
overall: 165 mm x 183 mm x 7 mm,
Materials:
leather and complete
Object Number:
A14657 Pt5
type:
firebag