Globular snuff bottle

Made:
1890-1930 in Zambia
Globular snuff bottle, possibly gourd covered with hide

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Globular snuff bottle, possibly gourd covered with hide
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Globular snuff bottle, possibly gourd covered with hide, with wooden stopper and leather sling, Barotse, maker, Barotseland, South Central Africa, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A130044
Materials:
gourd, ? material, hide and stopper, wood
type:
snuff bottles
credit:
Christol, F.