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Snail shell as snuff container

Index card : Snuff box.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bará
Object type
Snail shell as snuff container
Dimensions
Weight: 2 kg
Height: 11 cm
Width: 6 cm
Depth: 6,5 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shell, Bird bones, Mirror glass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 5558

Provenance and sources

where
Northwest Brazil [Land/Region]
Rio Negro [Region]
Tiquie (Rio Tiquié) [Fluss]
who
Bará
who
Description
Purchase from Theodor Koch-Grünberg in 1907

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