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1999.20.15.2

Hide lid for a wooden container. For the container see [1999.20.15 .1] [RM [OPS move] 20/9/2016]

1999.20.15.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hide lid for a wooden container. For the container see [1999.20.15 .1] [RM [OPS move] 20/9/2016]
Long description
Leather-bottomed wooden container with separate lid. The wooden core is open at both ends, the base being covered with camel-skin (actually two pieces stitched together) that continues roughly half-way up the sides. Hide carrying strap. Separate hide-lid. There is incised decoration (pyroengraving?) around the top of the wooden core. [JC 1 7 1999]
Geographical reference
Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
Turkana Ngilukumong
Cultural groups
Turkana
Person
Field collector George Monbiot
Field collector Adrian Arbib
PRM source George Monbiot
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1993
Date collected
early 1993
Acquisition information
Donated: 1999
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Camel Hide Skin Camelid Animal, Process Carved, Process Stitched, Process Incised, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork
Dimensions
Diameter: max 99 mm, Height: max 26 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1999.20.15.2

Search terms: Vessel, Food and Drink, Lid, Food Accessory