Sheath for tool [1886.1.512 .1]. It is made from a rectangular strip of raw hide, which has partially been folded back and stitched together to create the pouch. [JC [OPS Move] 9/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sheath for tool [1886.1.512 .1]. It is made from a rectangular strip of raw hide, which has partially been folded back and stitched together to create the pouch. [JC [OPS Move] 9/1/2017]
Long description: Tool with flat iron blade [.1] and sheath of raw-hide [.2]. [JC [OPS Move] 9/1/2017]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
Person: Other owner Anna Burchell; Field collector William John Burchell; PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: On or before 1815
Date collected: ?1810 - 1815
Acquisition information: Transferred: 08/03/1886
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Turned, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Depth: max 14 mm, Width: max 78 mm, Length: max 226 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1886.1.512.2
Research and responses: William John Burchell was collecting in southern Africa between 1810 - 1815 and in South America between 1826 - 1829, see Biographies file for further information [AP 20/1/99]