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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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Cataloguing data

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
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Tanzania
    Usegua
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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