Flask for gunpowder made of dark wood. The flask is circular and fairly flat, carved with geometrical designs. Plaited horse hair strap. [MdeA 20/11/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Flask for gunpowder made of dark wood. The flask is circular and fairly flat, carved with geometrical designs. Plaited horse hair strap. [MdeA 20/11/2008]
Long description: Flask for gunpowder made of dark wood. The main body of the flask is circular and fairly flat. The body is carved on both sides with geometrical designs. At the top of the body, on either side of the base of the neck are two perforations. Plaited animal hair (possibly horse hair) has been threaded to act as a carrying device for the flask. [MdeA]
Geographical reference: Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria; Aurès Mountains Bouzina
Cultural groups: Chaouia Berber
Person: Field collector David Randall MacIver; PRM source David Randall MacIver
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: 1900
Acquisition information: Donated: 1900
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Horse Hair Animal, Process Carved, Process Plaited, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 192 mm, Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 122 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.15.33
Research and responses: See also announcement of an exhibition at the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland titled "An Exhibition of Algerian and Kabyle Objects collected during a recent journey in North Africa, by Messrs. D. MACIVER and A. WILKIN." The leaflet has been pasted into the accessions book.