Wooden snuff container. Wooden, thistle-head shape, the base and neck covered with applied brass and copper wire. The base is plugged with a gourd disc, the stopper is a piece of gourd formerly attached by a thong to a loop in the brass wire on the neck. The body is finely carved, and four brass nails and washers on the shoulder.
G-73 Snuff box
Object Number
JL-G-73
Artist
Date produced
Unknown
Medium/materials
Dimensions (cms)
16.5 x 5 x 5
Description
Provenance
Unknown
Additional information
Snuff boxes of this type have a wide distribution, from Shona country in Zimbabwe to Bemba country in Zambia, and even in eastern Zaire and Malawi
Classification
Digital rights
Brenthurst Library