Metadata: Snuff box
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unknown maker
- Title:
- Snuff box
- Date:
- 1800 (?) - before 1893
- Inventory Number:
- 1898-013/108
- Collection:
- Non european collections
- Domain:
- Africa
- Designation:
- Snuffbox
- Material | Technique:
- Gourd; Wood; Leather
- Measurements:
- Diameter (Ø): 7 cm
- Height (H): 10.7 cm
- Description:
- Made up of a bottle-shaped calabash, closed by a small wooden cap attached to a cord. Another longer rope allows it to be worn around the neck. - Descriptive inventory by Nicolas Van Werveke of the Spring ethnographic collection. N.B.: this is a faithful transcription of Van Werveke's inventory, the terms used in 1898 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Acquisition date:
- 1898
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Patrick Quinteira / MNAHA
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Patrick Quinteira
