Fire-piston (length 3 7/8 ins); cylinder (diam 3/5 in) of bamboo

PART OF:
Bryant and May collection of fire-making appliances.
Made:
Bow and Bow and
Fire-piston (length 3 7/8 ins); cylinder (diam 3/5 in) of

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Fire-piston (length 3 7/8 ins); cylinder (diam 3/5 in) of bamboo, closed by a node at lower end; piston of wood; a very unusual example, on account both of its small size and of the fact that its cylinder is made of a stem of bamboo; collected by Capt. Stanley Pershouse, at Sinlurn Kaba, Kacheen Hills, Burma.

Details

Category:
Firemaking
Object Number:
1937-682/1222
type:
fire-piston
credit:
Wilkinson Sword Ltd.