Gourd snuff bottle

Made:
1890-1930
Gourd snuff bottle, globular with wooden stopper intop

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Gourd snuff bottle, globular with wooden stopper intop
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Gourd snuff bottle, globular with wooden stopper intop, decorated with brass wire patterned, African, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652545
Materials:
gourd, wood and brass
Measurements:
height 60 mm
diameter 70 mm
type:
snuff bottles

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