Long-necked flat water-bottle

SMG00165286

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Long-necked flat water-bottle, made of skin, with hole through centre decorated with pointed red and white design, from Middle East, 1851-1910

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A44598
Materials:
skin, ? camel's stomach
Measurements:
length 245 mm
rim: diameter 31 mm
body: width 147 mm
body: thickness 44 mm
type:
water bottle