Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1959.488 A-E reads: 'Snuff apparatus. A& B: Two wooden ladles in which the snuff is ground with a C: land gasteropod shell. D: Container made of the soft yellow and black bill of a Toucan or similar bird. The snuff is retained in it by a cotton wad. E: Bone tube for snuffing, with a black bead on one end as a nasal seal.'

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card for 1959.488 A-E reads: 'The snuff called "yopa" is made from a liana fruit'.
Event Date 1959
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card for 1959.488 A-E reads: 'Tunebo Indians, N.E. of Bogata, near the Venezuelan border.'
Event Date 1959
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Wooden ladle in which snuff was ground using a shell (1959.488 C). Shallow circular bowl with short rectangular handle, dark wood.
Event Date 16/6/2021
Author: Louise Puckett