Long-necked flat water bottle

Made:
1851-1900
Long-necked flat water bottle, made from a camel's stomach

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Long-necked flat water bottle, made from a camel's stomach
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Long-necked flat water bottle, made from a camel's stomach, decorated with 5 circular fenestrations in body and white painted design, from Middle East, 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A12903
Materials:
skin, camel's stomach
Measurements:
height 290 mm
body: width 188 mm
rim: diameter 33 mm
thickness 45 mm
type:
water bottles
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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