Small globular container made of vellum with 2 loop handles and a third on stopper

Made:
1880-1930 in Nigeria
maker:
Tandu people
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Small globular container made of vellum with 2 loop handles and
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Small globular container made of vellum with 2 loop handles and
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Small globular container made of vellum with 2 loop handles and a third on stopper, decorated with cut strips of leather, probably for holing kohl, described as Tandu, from North Africa, Nigeria, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651041
Materials:
vellum
type:
container