Tinder Cord Lighter
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
label: year acquired
content: 1924
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: place acquired
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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.376796
label: catalog number
content: 376796
label: accession number
content: 136485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lighter
label: Other Terms
content: Lighter; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (tube, chains, caps, hook material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (firesteel material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (alma or tinder cord wrapping material)
label: Physical Description
content: amadou (tinder material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, extended: 5/8 in x 16 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 41.275 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, minimum storage: 5/8 in x 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm