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Lot 44
 
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A SILVER AND GEMSET 'FIRE STEEL'


Silver, turquoise, coral, steel and leather

20th century
Ladakh


Known as 'mecha' or 'camag', the leather that the steel is attached to is a pouch intended to hold a piece of flint and some tinder (usually a dry piece of a plant that is common in the Himalayas or a piece of old cloth).







  Lot 44 of 75  

24-HOUR AUCTION: INDIAN FOLK AND TRIBAL ART AND OBJECTS
21-22 AUGUST 2012

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Silver 'Fire Steel'


 









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