Small wooden snuff container

Made:
1880-1915 in Africa
Small wooden snuff container, bulbous body, tubular neck Small wooden snuff container, bulbous body, tubular neck
Small wooden snuff container, bulbous body, tubular neck Small wooden snuff container, bulbous body, tubular neck

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Small wooden snuff container, bulbous body, tubular neck
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Small wooden snuff container, bulbous body, tubular neck
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Small wooden snuff container, bulbous body, tubular neck, cap attached by twisted fibre string, which passes through lugs, Makonde tribe, East Africa, 1880-1915

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A659786
Materials:
wood and fibre
Measurements:
height 52 mm
with cap: height 55 mm
diameter 37 mm
neck: diameter 16 mm
type:
snuff containers
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)