Snuff box
- Made:
- 1870-1918 in South Africa
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Snuff box, made of blood, ox tissue, clay powder, in form of an ox, Xosa tribe, South African, 1870-1918
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657967
- Materials:
- blood (ox), skin (ox) and clay, powdered
- Measurements:
-
length 130 mm
height 96 mm
width 53 mm
- type:
- snuff boxes
