Snuff mortar and pestle

Made:
1850-1912 in Kinshasa
Snuff mortar and pestle, mortar in form of squatting figure Snuff mortar and pestle, mortar in form of squatting figure Snuff mortar and pestle, mortar in form of squatting figure

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Snuff mortar and pestle, mortar in form of squatting figure
Science Museum Group
© 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
Materials:
wood and string
type:
mortar and pestle
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)