Holder for tobacco leaf

Made:
1880-1930 in Papua New Guinea
Holder for tobacco leaf

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Holder for tobacco leaf
Science Museum Group

Holder for tobacco leaf, cut section of bamboo closed at one end by septum open at other but stoppered with a smaller diametered piece of bamboo lightly incised traditional carving, Sepik River, North East New Guinea, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A159582
Materials:
bamboo
type:
holders
credit:
Glendining