Bone snuff spoon with two bowl

Made:
1880-1915 in South Africa
Bone snuff spoon with two bowl Bone snuff spoon with two bowl Bone snuff spoon with two bowl

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Bone snuff spoon with two bowl
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Bone snuff spoon with two bowl
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Bone snuff spoon with two bowl
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Bone snuff spoon with two bowl, attached to fine beadwork necklace, probably arranged so that snuff can be conveyed to both nostrils at once, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1880-1915

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658314
Materials:
bone, necklace, glass, bead, necklace, fibre and necklace, brass, buttons
type:
snuff spoons
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)