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Description: | Armadillo-tail Tinder-tube (length 2 1/2 ins), with silver mountings, slightly engraved; the thick oval steel made from part of an old file. [NB: One of several specimens (nos. 870-876)... South American, being made from... a species of Armadillo which is common in the Andean Region of Chile and Argentina, where the animal forms a regular article of diet... [All bear] a close resemblance... differing only in the elaborateness of their silver mountings...] | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Source: | Science Museum | Identifier: | 1937-682/874 | Go to resource |
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