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Cigarette lighter designed for imported (French) tinder-wicks
Cigarette lighter designed for imported (French) tinder-wicks
Object Number 35-36-60/2079
Display Title Cigarette lighter designed for imported (French) tinder-wicks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Lighter, carved horn frame, iron wheel, long twisted cotton yellow wick
Classification
  • Lighting device
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Lao?
  • Laotian Thai?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Thailand
Additional Geographic Terms Indochina, North: Prae
Materials Horn, Copper, Iron, Cotton, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 14.3 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm (5 5/8 x 1 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-36-60/2079; 204

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