Object Details
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1871
- year acquired
- 1925
- Credit Line
- Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- gold (decoration material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; .635 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.175 cm
- Object Name
- firesteel
- Other Terms
- Fire-Steel; Fire Making Apparatus
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