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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
Label on object
21-28-50/B2871
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