- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden kohl pot. For stopper made form a thorn see [1935.20.18 .2] [SM 23/6/2009]
- Long description
- Wooden kohl pot. The pot is made from two pieces of wood, a conical body and a circular base. For stopper made form a thorn see [1935.20.18 .2]. [SM 23/06/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Eastern Sudan Red Sea Province
- Person
- Field collector Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton
- Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton
- PRM source Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton
- PRM source Diana Powell-Cotton
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1934
- Date collected
- 1933 - 1934
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1935
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Thorn, Process Carved, Process Drilled
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 25 mm, Height: max 36 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1935.20.18.1 Other numbers: 309
Search terms: Toilet, Vessel, Tool, Body Art, Toilet Article, Cosmetic Vessel, Stopper, Body Art Accessory
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