Two dried seed shell snuff boxes
- Made:
- 1880-1915 in South Africa
Two dried seed shell snuff boxes, disc stoppers, each, attached to a multi-strand of beads, the two strands joined at the free ends, used also as earings, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1880-1915
Details
- Category:
- Pharmacy-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A658313
- Materials:
- seed, wood, stoppers, fibre and glass, beads
- type:
- snuff boxes
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)