Bone snuff spoon, oar-shaped long bowl with deep w

Made:
1890-1930

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Bone snuff spoon, oar-shaped long bowl with deep well, handle tapering to a point, incised decoration on underside, South African (?), 1890-1930

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Object Number:
A102489
type:
snuff spoons ethnography (african), smokiana (accessories), ethnography (african), smokiana (accessories), snuff spoons

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