Hoof container with wooden stopper. Small, shiny black vessel is wide at bottom with a fitted oval of wood at base, thin on the side-view, narrowing irregularly toward mouth. Container tilts slightly to one side. Lid (part b) is made of a thin oval of wood that sits inset in the container mouth, and has a small strip of leather as a handle. Handle is threaded through a hole bored in the wood near centre.

• Narrative

  Collected by the donor during trips to Tibet in 1988 and 1990.

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• Type of Item container
• Culture Tibetan
• Material animal hoof, wood, skin
• Measurements height 8.3 cm, width 6.8 cm, depth 2.2 cm (part a) height 3.6 cm, width 3.4 cm, depth 1.3 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner Barbara Cook
• Received from Barbara Cook

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• Made in Tibet

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• Collection Date between 1988 and 1990
• Ownership Date before May 30, 2016
• Acquisition Date on May 30, 2016

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3174/0004 a-b