- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Lid of animal skin for a box of the same material. Decorated with designs in a red pigment. For box see [2006.80.4 .1]. [JC [OPS move] 19/07/2016]
- Long description
- Box with lid. The base and lid have both been shaped whilst wet over a mould to create a box with rounded base and lid. This technique is called 'tandu'. The lid has been painted with red pigment. The edge of the lid is painted completely red and the top of the lid has been painted with concentric circles and bands of triangles. The edge of the lid is slightly puckered and flares out slightly. The edge of the box base is straight. The maximum width of the skin used to make the box and lid is 4mm. [MdeA 22/08/2006]
- Cultural groups
- Hausa
- Date / Period
- Date made: Circa 1951-1962?, uncertain
- Date collected
- 1951 - 1962?
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 14/10/2005
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Animal Skin, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Moulded
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 81 mm, Height: max 38 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2006.80.4.2
2006.80.4.2
Lid of animal skin for a box of the same material. Decorated with designs in a red pigment. For box see [2006.80.4 .1]. [JC [OPS move] 19/07/2016]
2006.80.4.2
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