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Snuff container
National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
This snuff container is made of bushbuck horn and the lid from animal skin. It contains a small brush inside used to apply snuff to the nostrils. It is made a used by men only. Old men carry it around their belts.
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Details
- Title: Snuff container
- Location: Kenya
- Type: Snuff container
- Rights: National Museums of Kenya
- Medium: Bush buck horn, Animal skin
- Photographer: GibsPhotography
- Local Name: Kinyuiro
- Community: thatraka
- Collection Date: 1968-04-15
- Collected By: Jean Brown
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