Snuff bottle | Photographer: Edelgard Samii
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Snuff bottle
"Snuff box in the shape of a bottle on yellow wood. Lid to put over on dark wood with very fine notched cut, top with a kind of finial in very high relief. Total height 0.10" Shape: Round, pot-bellied base with flanged rim below the narrow opening, on top a cylindrical slip lid with disc-shaped knob. Lid and base connected by woollen threads Colour: Light and dark brown Pattern: Outer wall of lid cylinder and knob decorated with small zigzag lines. Top of pommel shows a kind of floral pattern (four-petalled) State of preservation: Very small nicks, lower part har two large cracks
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Snuff bottle
Dimensions
Objektmaß: H: 10 cm (Unterteil u.Deckel), D: 4 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 2670
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Vorgang: E 1232/1892, Erwerbung: I/18/1893: III E 2512-2785, S. 260-277, 279, Ethnogr., Schädel u. 1 Skelett (Ostafrika), Dr. Stuhlmann (S.D.S. 49) -- Inhalt/Enthält: Frachtbriefe, Objektliste, Originaletiketten. S.D.S. 49, Dr. [Franz] Stuhlmann, 1892, Franz Stuhlmann (29.10.1863 - 19.11.1928)
Vorgang: E 1232/1892, Erwerbung: I/18/1893: III E 2512-2785, S. 260-277, 279, Ethnogr., Schädel u. 1 Skelett (Ostafrika), Dr. Stuhlmann (S.D.S. 49) -- Inhalt/Enthält: Frachtbriefe, Objektliste, Originaletiketten. S.D.S. 49, Dr. [Franz] Stuhlmann, 1892, Franz Stuhlmann (29.10.1863 - 19.11.1928)
Vorgang: E 1232/1892, Erwerbung: I/18/1893: III E 2512-2785, S. 260-277, 279, Ethnogr., Schädel u. 1 Skelett (Ostafrika), Dr. Stuhlmann (S.D.S. 49) -- Inhalt/Enthält: Frachtbriefe, Objektliste, Originaletiketten. S.D.S. 49, Dr. [Franz] Stuhlmann, 1892, Franz Stuhlmann (29.10.1863 - 19.11.1928)
Provenance and sources
when
19th century
where
Tanzania [Land/Region]
Usegua [Land/Region]
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