Snuff container

Artist Zulu artist

Date1905

MediumVenetian glass beads, horn, sinew

ClassificationsContainers

Credit LineBequest of Rev. Lewis Grout

Object number1905.1.24

DescriptionHorn carved in pattern of 4 panels of incised herringbone between dividers of vertical lines. Bundle of beads, attached to the horn by cord threaded through holes, consists of 4 wound red Cornaline d'Alleppo, 1 cm transluscent beads and a fringe of 1 mm opaque black beads, each ending in 1 white bead. Sinew cord in double loop. Conical stopper of reddish-brown wood.

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