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Snuff box

Historical main catalogue: "Horn tobacco box, wrapped in the middle with copper wire, closed at the bottom by a leather cover, with a long strap sewn with black, red and blue beads, on which the stopper, also decorated with beads, hangs by means of thin iron chains Wadjagga (gift from Kimemeta in Mkondoa, early companion of Höhnel)."

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Chaga (Wadjagga, Dschagga)
Object type
Snuff box
Dimensions
Objektmaß: cm H: 10,5 cm, D: 3,5 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 3,5 x 18 x 14 cm (Lagermaß)
Gewicht: 0,05 kg
Material/Technique
Horn , Iron, Copper, Leather , Glass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 4658

Provenance and sources

where
Tanzania [Land/Region]
who
Chaga (Wadjagga, Dschagga)

who
Glauning, Hans - Collectors

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