Brass surma container with lid on chain

Made:
1801-1910
Brass surma container with lid on chain

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Brass surma container with lid on chain
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Brass surma container with lid on chain, cigar-shaped with engraved design, containing ebony applicator decorated with silver-mounted gems, from Middle East, 1801-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A155138
Materials:
brass, applicator, ebony, applicator, silver and applicator, gems
Measurements:
with lid: length 118 mm
max.: diameter 22 mm
type:
container
credit:
Mahmoud Hussain

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