Gunpowder flask of ivory bound in leather, with carrying strap of twisted leather. [El.B 01/11/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Gunpowder flask of ivory bound in leather, with carrying strap of twisted leather. [El.B 01/11/2007]
Geographical reference: Western Africa
Africa > Western Africa
Person: Field collector Edward John Russell; PRM source Edward Walter Russell
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1923
Date collected: 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 1965
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 246 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1965.12.121
Research and responses: Related Documents File - RDF 1965.12.118-123 contains a letter from Edward Walter Russell to 'the curator' of PRM, dated 14th June [no year], in which he offers some objects to the museum, with the information: "My father, Sir John Russell, collected a certain number of household equipment from I believe Upper Nile tribes in the Sudan in 1923. I don’t know the exact provenance of any of the items, nor can I guarantee they all came from that part of the Sudan. I suppose there are about 2-3 dozen items". A reply from Beatrice Blackwood, dated 15th June 1965, expresses interest; a postcard from his wife, Margaret Russell, dated 16th June and postdated 17th June 1965, then makes arrangements to bring the objects to the museum on June 21st [RTS 23/12/2003].

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