Wooden flask for gunpowder. The flask is circular and flat at the back and flat with a raised boss at the front. Both sides carved with geometric designs. [MdeA]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden flask for gunpowder. The flask is circular and flat at the back and flat with a raised boss at the front. Both sides carved with geometric designs. [MdeA]
Long description: Wooden flask for gunpowder. The flask is circular and flat at the back and flat with a raised boss at the front. Both sides of the flask are carved with geometrical designs but the front is much more intricately and heavily carved. At the center of the raised boss there is a hole probably meant for a piece of coral. At the top of the body, on either side of the base of the neck are two triangular pieces of wood each with one perforation. [MdeA]
Geographical reference: Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria; Aurès Mountains Mechounech
Cultural groups: Chaouia Berber
Person: Field collector Melville William Hilton-Simpson; PRM source Melville William Hilton-Simpson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1922
Date collected: 1922 - 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 205 mm, Width: max 115 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.33.9

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