Tinder Tube
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1900
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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.376870
label: catalog number
content: 376870
label: accession number
content: 136485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tube, tinder
label: Other Terms
content: Lighter; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gilded white metal (tube, chain, cap material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire, iron (hook material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (tinder cord material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (tassel material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (tread wrapping material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, extended: 1/2 in x 19 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 50.165 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, coiled: 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 10.795 cm x 6.6675 cm