Snuff spoon

Made:
1890-1918 in Zimbabwe
Snuff spoon, bone, with triangular blade rather than scoop

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Snuff spoon, bone, with triangular blade rather than scoop
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Snuff spoon, bone, with triangular blade rather than scoop, Manika tribe, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1918

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657957
Materials:
bone
Measurements:
length 188 mm
blade, max: diameter 14 mm
blade: length 78 mm
shaft, max: diameter 5 mm
type:
snuff spoons
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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