Gourd snuff container

Gourd snuff container, spherical covered with beadwork in red Gourd snuff container, spherical covered with beadwork in red

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Gourd snuff container, spherical covered with beadwork in red
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Gourd snuff container, spherical covered with beadwork in red
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Gourd snuff container, spherical covered with beadwork in red, black and white, attached to metal ring with beadwork fringe, South African, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A220215
Materials:
gourd, glass, beads, iron and string
Measurements:
overall: height 235 mm
gourd: diameter 57 mm
gourd, with neck: height 62 mm
band: diameter 57 mm
type:
snuff containers
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)