Leather Covered Bottle
A glass bottle, encased in red leatherwork and woven red and beige fibre, and with a leather stopper. This style of woven and bossed leatherwork resembles so-called Mandingo leatherwork, predominating among Muslim elites.
Further Information
- Type: Containers, vessels
- Object: Leather Covered Bottle
- Materials: Glass, Leather, animal skin, Vegetable, organic fibre
- Culture Group: Mandingo
- Dimensions: 260mm [H] x 750mm [D]
- Production Date: 1850-1927
- Associated Places: Unknown
- Associated People: Celia Barclay; Cecil Armitage
- Museum: British Museum
- Accession Number: BM:Af.1978.22.312.a.b
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