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1884.47.17

Wooden bellows with membranes, worked by sticks. [SM (Verve) 16/09/2014]

1884.47.17

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden bellows with membranes, worked by sticks. [SM (Verve) 16/09/2014]
Long description
Wooden bellows with membranes, worked by sticks. The bellows are predominantly made from one piece of wood. They have a double iron nozzle that is held in place with nails. The skin membranes have no binding around them, but are securely fastened to the wooden bellows. A long stick is attached through the centre of each membrane. The end of the bellows tapers to a point. An iron strip is nailed into the bellows on the front near the back. A length of twisted plant fibre skin is tied to this. A fragment of a label is stuck to the object, but there is no writing on it. [SM (Verve) 16/09/2014]
Geographical reference
Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon
Unknown
Cultural groups
Batanga
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1875
Date collected
By 1875 December 14
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Animal Skin, Material String Plant, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Hammered, Process Twisted, Process Nailed, Process Tied
Dimensions
Length: max 970 mm, Width: max 355 mm, Height: max 193 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.47.17 Other numbers: 41 PR Cat other PR nos: 41
Research and responses

Page 121 of Accession Book IV suggests that objects dated 14.12.75 are part of the RBN Walker collection ['Additional Accession Book IV entry - Those objects dated 14.12.75 = RBN Walker coll - v seq Magic No 3327 and others Africa and top page 147'. The date and location of the provenance of this object does seem to confirm that this might be a RBN Walker object. An object of this description is not listed in the list of RBN Walker objects given to the Anthropological Society in 1867 [JAS, 1867: cl et seq] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Tool, Metallurgy, Bellows

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