Toilet case of two parallel bamboo tubes covered with red leather

Made:
1880-1920
Toilet case of two parallel bamboo tubes covered with red Toilet case of two parallel bamboo tubes covered with red
Toilet case of two parallel bamboo tubes covered with red Toilet case of two parallel bamboo tubes covered with red

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Toilet case of two parallel bamboo tubes covered with red
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Toilet case of two parallel bamboo tubes covered with red
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Toilet case of two parallel bamboo tubes covered with red leather, circular mirror at base, body elaborately decorated with small brass discs and wooden tassels, Algerian, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652407
Materials:
bamboo, leather, brass, glass and wood
Measurements:
length 200 mm
with sling: length 370 mm
width 90 mm
depth 25 mm
tubes: diameter 15 mm
type:
toilet sets
credit:
Wellcome, Sir Henry Solomon

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