Snuff Container

1800s-1900s

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Title: Snuff Container
Date Created: 1800s-1900s
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 10.3 x 4 x 3.5 cm (4 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Provenance: Steven Alpert, Dallas, TX, (Jacaranda Tribal Art Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Type: Vessels
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.202
Medium: Horn and wood
Fun Fact: The tobacco product snuff was stored in decorative, yet useful, containers like this one.
Department: African Art
Culture: Africa, Southern Africa, Lesotho, South Sotho maker
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Collection: African Art
Accession Number: 2010.202

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