Wooden snuff flask
- Made:
- 1880-1920
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Wooden snuff flask, carved in the form of a bottle, bound with brass strips around base and neck, gourd stopper attached to thong, herring bone design on body, Eastern Congo, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A39125
- Materials:
- wood, brass, leather and stopper and base, gourd
- Measurements:
-
height 210 mm
body: diameter 56 mm
neck: diameter 30 mm
- type:
- snuff flasks
