Red leather kohl container with two cane necks

Red leather kohl container with two cane necks

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Red leather kohl container with two cane necks
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Red leather kohl container with two cane necks, parallel to each other, circular red leather pendant with mirror suspended from base, elaborate gold and silver thread decoration, North African(?), 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A300146
Materials:
leather, cane, thread and glass
Measurements:
height 305 mm
length 100 mm
neck: diameter 22 mm
type:
kohl containers