Flask for gunpowder, wooden with animal horn spring valve, carrying sling and tassels of yarn threaded with beads, shells and buttons. Probably a priming flask. [SM 02/11/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Flask for gunpowder, wooden with animal horn spring valve, carrying sling and tassels of yarn threaded with beads, shells and buttons. Probably a priming flask. [SM 02/11/2007]
Long description: Flask for gunpowder, wooden with animal horn spring valve, carrying sling and tassels of yarn threaded with beads, shells and buttons. Probably a priming flask. The flask is decorated all over with incised patterns. It is bound at the widest end with plaited grass. The flask has two carved loops, attached through these are the carrying sling and tassels. The tassels are multicoloured yarn; the beads are orange. [SM 02/11/2007]
Geographical reference: Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma); China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Kachin State Bhamo District
Cultural groups: Chinese; Singpho
Person: Field collector Henry George Ashworth Leveson; PRM source Henry George Ashworth Leveson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1909
Date collected: By 1909
Acquisition information: Donated: 06/1909
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Horn, Material Yarn, Material Bead, Material Shell, Material Plant Fibre, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Twisted, Process Bound, Process Hollowed, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 114 mm, Width: max 47 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.39.29

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