- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Container of camel-skin with a rounded base and a dome-shaped lid, now fused on. Lid decorated with linear designs. [JC [OPS move] 19/07/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Tuareg Berber
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1928
- Date collected
- By 1928
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1928
- Materials and processes
- Material Camel Hide Skin Camelid Animal, Material Animal Skin, Process Decorated
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 53 mm, Height: max 155 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1928.68.31
Search terms: Box, Food and Drink, Lid, Food Accessory
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