About this object
Tandu bottle, container for black metallic powder, ground from stone, used by African women as eyeliner. Skin is modelled while wet.
Bottle with bulbous bottom (part a) and long tubular cap (part b). Stripes of black and white goat hair around the perimeter.
Materials
Goat skin
Date Acquired
18 May 1972
How Acquired
Donated
Measurements
Overall: 8 cm x 3.5 cm
Object Number
K2.288 a-b