Cosmetic Container
31-2-144
From: Namibia | Etosha Pan
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 31-2-144 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushmen |
| Provenience | Namibia | Etosha Pan |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Turtle Shell |
| Description | Carapace of a small tortoise, rear opening stopped with beeswax. Contains reddish powder held in by stopper of Pendulin tit-mouse nest (used also as a "powder puff"), which is used by women for powdering their bodies. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, 1931 |
| Other Number | 19 - Other Number |
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