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Snuff bottle, wood with aluminum nail decoration and ivory neck
Snuff bottle, wood with aluminum nail decoration and ivory neck
Object Number 34-91-50/668
Display Title Snuff bottle, wood with aluminum nail decoration and ivory neck
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bottle, carved wood base/body, circular metal decoration, ivory neck, cracked
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamite
  • Maragoli
  • Tereki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Western Province / Kakamega / Kaimosi
Materials Wood, Ivory, Metal, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm (4 15/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/668; 37-315

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