Cylindrical bone snuff container

Made:
1880-1910 in Africa
maker:
Unknown
Cylindrical bone snuff container

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Cylindrical bone snuff container, one end closed with a bone disc, Ashanti, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A17423
Materials:
bone
Measurements:
length 104 mm
open end: diameter 10 mm
type:
snuff container
credit:
Stevens; Boon, Tom

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