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Object Number 21-28-50/B2871.1
Display Title Fire-making set - flint steel and tinder
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fire set, double lobed folded leather tinder case, 2 loops, U-shaped iron
Classification
  • Fire starter
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Babudu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Dimensions Overall: 5.1 x 3.9 x 4.7 cm (2 x 1 9/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
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Fire-making set - flint steel and tinder
21-28-50/B2871 Fire-making set - flint steel and tinder
Raw Material
Mineral
Cameroon
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Tools
Northwest Territories
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Fire starter
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Eastern Lepanto
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Pouch
China
Burnt end of tinder folded and carried thus
01-40-20/C2964 Burnt end of tinder folded and carried thus
Fire starter
Livingston
Flint and steel fire making outfit
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Fire starter
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Fire-making set - 2 sticks bound together with fibre
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Fire starter
Karon
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Pouch
Finland
Envelope of bark tinder for fire making
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Bark
Elko
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Floral
Nevada
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Case
Sanke Doek