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Object Number
25-24-50/B3812
Display Title
Tobacco (snuff) box and chain
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bottle, round carved wood, ivory rim, coiled fiber stopper with metal chain
Classification
- Bottle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Wakamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Kenya
Additional Geographic Terms
Tana, South of upper
Materials
Wood, Ivory, Vegetable fiber, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 8.8 x 4.7 x 4.8 cm (3 7/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
B-3812
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