tool/implement (chechia-making)

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tool/implement(chechia-making)

Object Type
Museum number: Af1998,01.122
Description: Flat piece of skin (al-kawatilish) used in the manufacture of chechias.
Producer name
Production date: 1997-1998
Production place: Made in: Tunisia, Tunis
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Tunisia, Tunis
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 22.50 centimetres; Width: 14 centimetres; Depth: 0.20 centimetres
Curator's comments: Eth.Doc.362. Pieces of skin such as this are inserted between the folds of completed chachias at the pressing stage to prevent them sticking together.
Location: Not on display
Condition: Fair; holes and abraded areas.
Acquisition name
Funder name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Christopher J Spring (British Museum Ethnography Department staff; field collection); Previous owner/ex-collection: Julie Hudson (British Museum Ethnography Department staff; field collection)
Acquisition date: 1998
Acquisition notes: This fieldwork collection was purchased, together with Af1998,02-03, using British Petroleum sponsorship in February-March 1998.
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Af1998,01.122
Conservation