snuff-container
- Museum number
- 2008,2006.3
- Description
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Snuff-container; made of horn; section of horn with carved wooden plug inserted into wider end; metal chain tied around smaller end.
- Production date
- 1950s
- Dimensions
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Height: 20 centimetres (extended)
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Height: 8.70 centimetres
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Width: 4.30 centimetres
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Depth: 3.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Acquired in Kenya when the donor was conducting a study of the East African trade in wood carvings and later studies in the informal sector.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Small chip on the rim and two holes on the side.
- Acquisition date
- 2008
- Acquisition notes
- Donation value of entire collection: £150.00.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2008,2006.3
