POWDER FLASKS---A QUESTION OF ORIGIN

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

It is said that "These camel scrotum powderflasks are very much the Arabian form". It is further said that on being released from the Ark the donkey's and camel's scrotums were mixed up and issued to the wrong animals. In fact the Arabian camel has to be assisted in the mating role by its handlers such is the pathetic size ... so the story goes.