Small container - snuff box – Objects

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Object Number 49-32-50/8541

Display Title Small container - snuff box

Descriptions

Inventory Description Container, round, flat base, open top, small perforated loop handle on side

Classification

Container

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Zulu

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / South Africa

Materials Horn

Dimensions Overall: 4.1 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm (1 5/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 49-32-50/8541

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49-32-50/8540	Small gourd container with pyrographic designs - snuff box	Container	South Africa
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29-43-50/B4773	Cocoon snuff box	Container	Africa
37-131-60/3016	Small snuff horn made from the end of yak's horn; priming horns +	Container	Tibet
29-43-50/B4772	Black horn snuff boxes - various shapes	Container	Africa
24-48-60/D2008	Snuff or tobacco box, horn	Powder Horn	Siberia
23-33-50/B3556	Snuff box	Container Raw Material	Angola
72-23-30/6738	Snuff box, made of shell of ampullans	Raw Material Container	Brazil
29-43-50/B4771	Gourd snuff boxes - one has burnt decoration	Container	Africa
72-20-50/6760	Orampo snuff box	Box	South Africa
34-91-50/660	Large snuff horn on iron chain	Raw Material Container	Kaimosi

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