Wooden snuff mortar in form of carved female figure with mortar on her head in form of Chokwe drum
- maker:
- Chokwe people
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Wooden snuff mortar in form of carved female figure with mortar on her head in form of Chokwe drum, Chokwe, maker, Angolan(?), 1880-1925
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657992
- Materials:
- wood, stopper, gourd, thong, hide, earring, brass and beads, glass
- Measurements:
-
height 165 mm
diameter 34 mm
mortar section only: height 72 mm
- type:
- snuff mortar
- credit:
- Pareyn, H.
