Snuff brush for cleaning the nostrils
- Made:
- 1880-1915
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Snuff brush for cleaning the nostrils, six sets of bristles bound with fibre and elephant' s hair and secured with brass wire, said to be a beautiful specimen, Congolese, 1880-1915
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652580
- Materials:
- hair, elephant, bristle, fibre and brass
- type:
- snuff brushes
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
