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1914.7.6.1

Flask [.1] with long neck, with lid [.2], containing a bone stylus [.3] and a piece of antimony [.4].

1914.7.6.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flask [.1] with long neck, with lid [.2], containing a bone stylus [.3] and a piece of antimony [.4].
Long description
Flask [.1] with long neck, with lid [.2], containing a bone stylus [.3] and a piece of antimony [.4]. Flask and lid are made of hide and decorated with strips of black and white fur.
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Person
Field collector Henry Noel Kempthorne
PRM source Laura Metford Badcock
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1902
Date collected
By 1914
Acquisition information
Donated: 1914
Materials and processes
Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Animal Fur Skin, Material Bone, Material Mineral, Process Moulded, Process Carved, Process Glued
Dimensions
Length: max 48 mm, Length: max 86 mm, Length: max 6 mm, Length: max 58 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1914.7.6.1 Accession number: 1914.7.6.2 Accession number: 1914.7.6.3 Accession number: 1914.7.6.4

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