Cigarette lighter designed for imported (French) tinder-wicks

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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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