Ivory snuff spoon with hairpin handle

Made:
1880-1920
Ivory snuff spoon with hairpin handle, crescent shaped spoon Ivory snuff spoon with hairpin handle, crescent shaped spoon

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Ivory snuff spoon with hairpin handle, crescent shaped spoon
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Ivory snuff spoon with hairpin handle, crescent shaped spoon
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Ivory snuff spoon with hairpin handle, crescent shaped spoon, handle has three teeth, two broken, African, 1880-1920; probably snuff spoon, use of handle slightly more contentious, possibly used as hairpins

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A300671
Materials:
ivory
type:
snuff spoons