Snuff box, or amadledlo

Artist Zulu artist

MediumIthogwane fruit shell

ClassificationsContainers

Credit LineBequest of Rev. Lewis Grout

Object number1905.1.2

DescriptionLight brown, spherical shell with six stripes with short horizontal "barbs" running from top to bottom which have been burned into the shell. There is a hole in the top of the shell and there is a small approximately 3 cm x .5 cm piece of wood with a string tied around its middle inside the shell

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