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LicenseSnuff mortar and pestle, mortar in form of squatting figure
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Snuff mortar and pestle, mortar in form of squatting figure
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Snuff mortar and pestle, mortar in form of squatting figure
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Snuff mortar and pestle, mortar in form of squatting figure, the receptacle on his head, wood, with wood pestle attached by string, Bushongo, Zaire, 1850-1912
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657973
- Measurements:
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mortar: height 137 mm
mortar: width 46 mm
mortar: depth 49 mm
pestle: length 130 mm
pestle: diameter 14 mm
overall, incl. string: length 380 mm
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
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