Red leather kohl container

Red leather kohl container

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Red leather kohl container
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Red leather kohl container, soft pear shaped body with mirror inset into leather, cane neck, elaborate silver and gold thread decoration, North African(?), 1880-1910

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A300143
Materials:
leather, cane, thread and glass
Measurements:
with stopper: height 215 mm
length 85 mm
width 30 mm
type:
kohl containers