kohl-container
- Museum number
- As2002,04.12
- Description
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Kohl-container; made of cotton and silk; stuffed rectangle, red cotton with blue flowers and green leaves on back, blue velvet sewn with border of red silk down long sides and yellow silk on short sides on front; velvet decorated with criss-crossed white rickrack, silver ribbon around edge, silver heart, row of metal balls, stick at bottom, silver sequins; white pearls around outside edge; brass bells and orange beads along bottom, brass beads along top; gold chain attached at top two corners; gold chain with red cotton stopper, two brass bells and brass flower attached in one corner; glass spout at middle top.
- Production date
- 1947-1962
- Dimensions
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Height: 11 centimetres
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Width: 7 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Acquired while the donor was in residence in the Aden Protectorate in 1947-1962; donor states probably Aulak tribe.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2002
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- As2002,04.12