Tinder, flint

Museum number:
5-3014a-c
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
166 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
A) Tinder; Kungu; scrapings from the base of a palm tree branch. B) Hollow steel cylinder; 3 1/8'' (8 cm) long, 7/8'' (2 cm) diam. C) Flint; 7/8'' (2 cm) square. Flint and steel referred to as Bboso.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Tiv; Kusa
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection date:
1962
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.4 Fuels
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tinder, flint, accession number 5-3014a-c, described as A) Tinder; Kungu; scrapings from the base of a palm tree branch. B) Hollow steel cylinder; 3 1/8'' (8 cm) long, 7/8'' (2 cm) diam. C) Flint; 7/8'' (2 cm) square. Flint and steel referred to as Bboso.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tinder, flint, accession number 5-3014a-c, described as A) Tinder; Kungu; scrapings from the base of a palm tree branch. B) Hollow steel cylinder; 3 1/8'' (8 cm) long, 7/8'' (2 cm) diam. C) Flint; 7/8'' (2 cm) square. Flint and steel referred to as Bboso.

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