Accession No
Z 16886 B
Description
Wooden snuff container, cylindrical, narrower at one end. Each end is bound in copper alloy wire with a central panel of exposed carved wood. Red stoppers at both ends, the smaller with a leather string through, attached to the container with bound copper wire. Threaded onto the leather string are eight white glass beads and two blue beads.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Malawi
Period
Source
Poole, Wordsworth (Dr) [field collector and depositor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 16886 B
Cultural Affliation
?Nyakyusa [Ngonde; Nkonde]
Material
Wood; Metal; Copper alloy; Glass
Local Term
Measurements
220mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for Z 16886 A-B: '2 snuff bottles with copper binding on base and neck and diagonal carved wooden design.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16856 A-B: 'With blue and white glass beads on bottle labelled B.'
Event Date 28/11/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Wooden snuff container, cylindrical, narrower at one end. Each end is bound in copper alloy wire with a central panel of exposed carved wood. Red stoppers at both ends, the smaller with a leather string through, attached to the container with bound copper wire. Threaded onto the leather string are eight white glass beads and two blue beads.
Event Date 2/12/2022
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:300393
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