Ivory snuff container. Shaped like a pot with lid, with fine incised decoration representing a feather, snuff-box and snuff-spoon etc. The base is filled with a perforated disc of ivory, rather loose, and perhaps a leather strip joined this base to the lid where there are two small holes which may have secured the other end. It smells strongly of tobacco and is dark brown inside.
G-44 Snuff box
Object Number
JL-G-44
Artist
Date produced
Unknown
Attribution/location
Dimensions (cms)
2.4 x 3 x 2.8
Description
Provenance
Unknown
Additional information
The shape of the snuff box
and snuff spoon in the incised decoration suggest a Zulu origin, but
this piece is certainly rare and possibly unique
Classification
Digital rights
Brenthurst Library





