Cylindrical bamboo snuff-box
- Made:
- 1880-1920
Cylindrical bamboo snuff-box, phallic shaped, separate plug stopper with leather straps and carved ivory spoon, covered with incised decoration, from Sierra Leone, West African, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A20794
- Materials:
- bamboo, leather and spoon, ivory
- type:
- snuff box
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)