Mystery object - sandalwood, cedarwood, or sweet white wine?

December 23, 2015 1:15 AM

What are these bottle things? My mother bought them in Hyderabad, south India, in the 1970s. I guess the writing is probably Urdu. She thinks that the bottles are made from camel stomachs [?] and that they originally contained perfume essences.
posted by ontheradio to Grab Bag (1 answer total)

This flask made from a camel's bladder looks very similar.
posted by 15L06 at 1:57 AM on December 23, 2015