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1923.36.84.2

Hide lid for globular flask with loop handle. For flask see [1923.36.84 .1]. [JC [OPS move] 19/07/2016]

1923.36.84.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hide lid for globular flask with loop handle. For flask see [1923.36.84 .1]. [JC [OPS move] 19/07/2016]
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Niger
Africa > Western Africa > Niger
Aïr massif
Cultural groups
Tuareg Berber
Hausa
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1922
Date collected
1922
Acquisition information
Donated: 1923
Materials and processes
Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Moulded
Dimensions
Diameter: max 62 mm, Height: max 82 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.36.84.2
Associated publications
Illustrated in black and white photograph as figure 11 on plate I of ''The Tandu Industry in Northern Nigeria and its Affinities Elsewhere', by H. Balfour, in Essays Presented to C.G. Seligman, (1934), pp. 5-18. Caption (page 18) reads: 'Plate I. 1, 2 and 3 = Cores of air-dried clay; 4 = core completely covered with membrane; 5 = core covered with membrane to which loop-handles and a close-fitting cap have been added; 6 = tandu vessel of membrane from which the clay core have been removed; 7, 8 and 9 = completed tandu jars with handles and lids, decorated with appliques strips of hairy cuticle; 10 = tandu jar of the largest size, ornamented with panels and strips of hairy cuticle, black, white and brown, and with decorated lid. The above were all collected in Katsina, 1930. 11 = lidded jar of membrane, for oil and food, collected in Katsina by F. Rodd, 1922; 12 = double food vessel, with upper and lower compartments, obtained in Algiers by J. W. Flower, about 50 years ago; 13 = circular food box with close- fitting lid, decorated with stained patterns, Tuareg, Sahara, collected by D. Randall Maciver; 14 = a similar food-box collected by F. Rodd from the Tuareg of Agades, Aïr, 1922; 15 = small circular box with close-fitting lid, Tuareg, Sahara, from Sir A. Evan’s collection; 16 = a similar box from Timbuctoo, from R. P. Wild’s collection.' [MJD 01/11/2011]

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