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ID number: BIRRC-D0380(W5) Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Bone ash cake(alli) Object type: Textile manufacturing equipment
Place made: N. Nigeria Culture: Hausa Collector: Tunley, Peter Measurements: Various
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Several round pieces of bone ash cake. These are used as chalks to keep the weavers fingers dry during weaving. These are part of a larger collection of Hausa objects that were loaned to the University of Birmingham by Peter Tunley in 1978. The collection was given as a gift to the University in 2010.
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