Object Details
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1880 - 1890
- Credit Line
- Mr. Thomas Wilson
- Physical Description
- metal, white (tube material)
- iron (spring material)
- steel (blade material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 in; 1.27 cm x 7.3025 cm x 2.54 cm
- Object Name
- lighter
- tinder tube
- Other Terms
- Fire-Steel; Fire Making Apparatus
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