- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Triangular wooden powder-flask for serpentine, canvas-covered and iron-bound, with iron spout and pendent tasselled blue braids.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Maltese
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector William Reid
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1500-1600
- Date collected
- Prior to 1858
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Canvas Textile, Material Iron Metal, Material Yarn, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Woven, Process Braided, Process Dyed, Process Knotted
- Dimensions
- Length: max 128 mm, Width: max 115 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.28.14 Other numbers: 451 PR Cat other PR nos: 1197
Search terms: Firearm Weapon, Vessel, Ammunition Holder, Firearm Accessory
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