tinder-box
- Museum number
- Af1999,16.11
- Description
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Container for tinder, known locally as 'jakan alhawami'; made of leather; rectangular piece of red leather, folded in half and sewn up sides to make pouch, with triangular flap folded over top; red leather strap painted with black lines along edge sewn across front to hold flap in place; flap decorated with painted black geometric designs; red braided leather strap sewn into each upper corner; end of flap decorated with red and black braided leather strip with yellow and red leather tassel on end; "A746 L11 171" written on inside.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 59.10 centimetres (Strap extended)
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Width: 14.60 centimetres
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Depth: 2.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Heathcote, David. "A Leatherworker of Zaria City. " In: The Nigerian Field 1974;34(3):99-117.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1999
- Acquisition notes
- Cost for entire collection.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1999,16.11
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 182
