Snuff spoon and hairpin combined
- Made:
- 1871-1915 in South Africa
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LicenseSnuff spoon and hairpin combined, bone, kidney shaped bowl
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Snuff spoon and hairpin combined, bone, kidney shaped bowl
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Snuff spoon and hairpin combined, bone, kidney shaped bowl, three pronged handle used as hairpin, Zulu tribe, South African, 1871-1915
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652501
- Materials:
- bone
- Measurements:
-
overall: length 150 mm
bowl: length 45 mm
bowl: width 20 mm
bowl: depth 7 mm
- type:
- snuff spoons
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