Leather bottle [.1] with elephant ivory stopper [.2] and leather straps. [ZM 10/8/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Leather bottle [.1] with elephant ivory stopper [.2] and leather straps. [ZM 10/8/2005]
Long description: Leather bottle [.1] with elephant ivory stopper [.2] and leather straps. The vessel is made from pieces of leather stitched together with leather strips. It has two carrying handles, which are attached to the vessel with a strip of leather that is knotted at either end. The straps are decorated with impressed linear and geometric designs. The vessel is decorated on both sides with two double twisted leather thongs. A leather strip is attached around the base of the object through the bottom of these twisted leather thongs. The vessel stopper is made from a piece of turned ivory with a spherical top and cylindrical body. [SM (Verve) 04/03/2014]
Geographical reference: Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of; Port Sudan
Person: Field collector Edward Battiscombe; PRM source Edward Battiscombe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1925
Date collected: circa 1904-1925
Acquisition information: Donated: 1967
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Elephant Tooth Ivory Animal, Process Twisted, Process Stitched, Process Perforated, Process Turned, Process Carved, Process Impressed, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Height: max 351 mm bottle, Height: max 445 mm with stopper, Diameter: max 240 mm body
Object numbers: Accession number: 1967.19.51.1 Accession number: 1967.19.51.2

Search terms: Vessel, Bottle, Stopper

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