Brass snuff container
- Made:
- 1890-1930
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Brass snuff container, globular with tubular neck covered in network of blue and white beads, cloth stopper with bead sling, South African, 1890-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A134958
- Materials:
- brass, glass, beads, cloth and cord
- Measurements:
-
height 58 mm
with stopper: height 63 mm
diameter 52 mm
sling: length 160 mm
- type:
- snuff containers
- credit:
- Glendining
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