Wooden snuff flask

Wooden snuff flask

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Wooden snuff flask
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Wooden snuff flask, roughly conical with cap carved to represent human face reverse and obverse, surface of flask covered with brass studs, leather handle, Northern Rhodesian or Belgian Congo, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A39132
Materials:
wood, leather and brass
Measurements:
overall: 136 mm x 97 mm x 86 mm,
type:
snuff flasks