Snuff spoon(?) or, and strigil, steel, reputedly B

Made:
1890-1930 in Zambia
Snuff spoon(?) or, and strigil, steel, reputedly Barotse

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Snuff spoon(?) or, and strigil, steel, reputedly Barotse
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Snuff spoon(?) or, and strigil, steel, reputedly Barotse, Barotseland, Zambia, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657955
Materials:
steel
Measurements:
length 96 mm
scoop: diameter 14 mm
scoop: length 22 mm
thickness 2 mm
type:
snuff spoons
credit:
Christol, F.

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