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)

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Parts

Tube containing fluff

Materials:: bamboo and cotton

Object Number:: A20564 Pt1

type:: tinder

Bar of steel

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A20564 Pt2

type:: steel

Chunk of flint

Materials:: flint

Object Number:: A20564 Pt3

type:: flint

Firebag for steel, flint and tinder

Materials:: complete and cloth

Object Number:: A20564 Pt4

type:: firebag

Cloth firebag containing steel

Details

Parts

Tube containing fluff

Bar of steel

Chunk of flint

Firebag for steel, flint and tinder

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