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Object Number 23-33-50/B3556
Display Title Snuff box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Container, carved wood, tapered, brass tip, hide binding, wooden stopper
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Dimensions Overall: 14 x 2.5 x 2.7 cm (5 1/2 x 1 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3556
Provenance
Collector William C. Bell (before 1923)

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