snuff-container
- Museum number
- Af1983,11.31
- Description
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Snuff-container made out of a small, round gourd, the whole of which is covered with a check pattern of black and white glass beads and a circle of pale blue beads around the aperture. Three strands strung with predominantly black and green beads are attached to the base of the container together with several brass studs.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 19 centimetres (strap extended)
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Height: 5.90 centimetres
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Width: 4.80 centimetres
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Depth: 4.70 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- fair - some beads missing where the stringing has broken.
- Acquisition date
- 1983
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1983,11.31
