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Description: | Hide bottles; /1 is stripped hide with etchings carved onto surface. Lid of same material with similar carvings.
/2 is hide with hair still on it. White, black and tan coloured hair in circular bands around circumference of bottle. Also has a lid of same material and decoration.
Would have contained dye or powder. Celia King was in Nigeria for 10 years in the 1960s with her husband and two young children. Her husband worked as a teacher on a government scheme.
Accession number: NCMG 2008-122/1-2 | Subjects: | containers Northern Nigeria Sokoto Katsina and Daura provinces | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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