Bone snuff bottle

Made:
1890-1915 in Kenya
Bone snuff bottle, conical with hide base and cap

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Bone snuff bottle, conical with hide base and cap
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Bone snuff bottle, conical with hide base and cap, long chain attached to bottle, handle of nostril brush also attached, Lumbwa, maker, Kenya, 1890-1915. 'A' card suggests attachment is a nostril brush with brush itself missing, more probably part of an applicator

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652584
Materials:
bone, hide and steel
type:
snuff bottles
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)