Wooden mortar covered with crocodile skin

Wooden mortar covered with crocodile skin

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Wooden mortar, covered except for base in crocodile skin, repaired on one side with tin, Sudan, East Africa

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652492
Materials:
wood, crocodile skin, tin and fibre
Measurements:
height 131 mm
approximately: diameter 95 mm
depth measurement is approximate (inner): depth 70 mm
type:
mortars