Accession No

1980.1057 A.1-2


Description

Black leather covered metal tin and lid, with a pattern woven in white leather. Inside are a circle of paper, 49 'Rizler' cigarette filters, a half penny British stamp and two small pawn-shaped white glass objects.


Place

Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; North Nigeria


Period


Source

Smyth, John Reginald Victor [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1980.1057 A.1-2


Cultural Affliation

Hausa


Material

Leather; Metal; Paper; Fibre; Glass


Local Term


Measurements

103mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
(Bio) J.R.V. Smyth Collection: J.R.V. Smyth M.A. Downing College, collected between 1927-1936
[Added to the reverse of the catalogue card in a different hand] Boxed into new system Shorts early 1981
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1980.1057 A-B: '2 Leather covered cigarette tins.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Metal tin and lid, both covered with black leather, with a pattern woven in white leather. Inside are a circle of paper, a number of "Rizler' cigarette filters, a half pennny British stamp and 2 small pawn-shaped white glass objects.
Event Date 27/7/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Black leather covered metal tin and lid, with a pattern woven in white leather. Inside are a circle of paper, 49 'Rizler' cigarette filters, a half penny British stamp and two small pawn-shaped white glass objects.
Event Date 30/9/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:128497

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