- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sample of henna from cosmetic bag 1886.1.618 .1. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/2/2006]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector T. Daubeny
- Field collector J. Danberry
- Field collector T. Danberry
- PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
- Date / Period
- Date made: On or before 1878
- Date collected
- ?On or before 1878
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 08/03/1886
- Dimensions
- Length: max 53 mm box
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1886.1.618.2
- Research and responses
Please note that the name Rev. T. Daubeny was located on the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities as being the donor of this object [Ashmolean Accession number 1886.11, no. 618 in the M.S. African Catalogue] [L.Ph 24/3/2004]
Search terms: Bag, Specimen, Toilet, Furniture Dwelling, Toilet Article, Pigment, Cushion
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