Small drop-shaped wooden snuff container

Made:
1880-1910 in Kenya
Small drop-shaped wooden snuff container Small drop-shaped wooden snuff container

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Small drop-shaped wooden snuff container
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Small drop-shaped wooden snuff container
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Small drop-shaped wooden snuff container, attached to iron chain on which is also suspended an amuletic horn, Waduruma, Kenyan coast, East Africa, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A17771
Materials:
wood, iron and horn
type:
snuff containers
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)