Tinder Cord Lighter
date: label: date made
content: 1890 - 1910
label: year acquired
content: 1927
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
label: place acquired
content: Europe
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.376869
label: catalog number
content: 376869
label: accession number
content: 136485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lighter
label: Other Terms
content: Tinder Box; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: agate (lid, bottom material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gilt (mounts, tube, chain material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, sheet (interior divider material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (alma or tinder cord material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (firesteel material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (firesteel handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 7.9375 cm x 3.175 cm