carrier (land transport: human powered)

Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 19.92
Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 19.92
Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 19.92 Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 19.92

Munitions shell carrier used at the Western Front during the First World War. The carrier consists of three long stake and strand basketry cylinders, which have wooden struts around them which keep the cylinders together. The bases of the cylinders are basketry circles with holes at the centre to accommodate the point of a shell; these circular bases are attached to the cylinders with iron wire. The tops of the struts are shaped to accommodate the iron lid, which is riveted to two straps attached to the cylinders at the back which are fastened at the front on iron pegs. The textile straps have leather reinforcing the hole for the peg. A textile strap attached to the back for carrying.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
19.92
Date
1918
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 507 mm x 347 mm x 115 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
textile; plant material; wood; iron; leather; thread; basketry
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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