Double-mouthed water-skin made of leather with plaited suspension loops at both ends. Made from the complete skin of a small animal, the neck and leg apertures being tied up. Pieces of pink plastic cord and cotton string have been tied to the suspension loops. Production Ethnic Group, Kababish. Made 1988.
-Description, Object # Af1993,05.9, British Museum
No doubt to his great surprise, I will tell KhairAllah that he drinks from a British Museum-worthy work of art, right next to the Rosetta stone and Elgin marbles, and not far from where camels are stabled at the Regents Park Zoo alongside pygmy hippos and African bullfrogs.
A Duchampian Readymade