Leather Covered Tin

A rectangular tin, covered with red leather, and decorated with an inlayed geometric band of woven red and undyed fibres. This example is typical of Muslim Sierra Leonean leatherwork in the provinces, commonly known as Mandingo.

Further Information

  • Type: Containers, vessels
  • Object: Leather Covered Tin
  • Materials: Leather, animal skin, Metal, Vegetable, organic fibre
  • Culture Group: Mandingo
  • Dimensions: 950mm [L] x 550mm [H] x 70mm [W]
  • Production Date: Pre 1992
  • Associated Places: Freetown
  • Associated People: L. Bailey
  • Museum: British Museum
  • Accession Number: BM:Af.1992.8.5

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