Out of Africa ?

[Akanthus]

I bought this thing on a fleemarket,because i was impressed by it's archaic look.First i thought it was a drum,but it is a rounded container .It was said that it came from Africa.The corpus is made from wood ,the bottom and cover from hide and it is decorated with leather strips.It is about 27 cm high and has a diameter from 14 cm .Perhaps here is someone who knows something about it's age , origin and use ?