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Subject:Info?
Posted By: Carolyn Bowers Fri, Apr 24, 2009 IP: 76.103.43.136
Can anyone give me some info on this little pouch?



Subject:Mechag - Traditional fire-iron from Tibet
Posted By: Harry Primate Mon, Apr 27, 2009
This is a traditional Tibetan "strike a light" kit. Tibetan "Me" (fire) "chag" (iron) were commonly used over a large part of Asia encompassed by traditional Tibetan culture. Usually hung from a belt the pouch would hold a flint and "punk", scraps of flammable material to catch a spark to help ignite a fire.
The design elements of your example looks like it probably is Mongolian.





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