Snuff Tube

31-2-146A

From: Namibia | Etosha Pan

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 31-2-146A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushmen
Provenience Namibia | Etosha Pan
Section African
Materials Wood | Fiber | Leather
Description

Snuffbox: the tube of wood (with incised chevrons, the bottom closed with a cap of rawhide. Contains tobacco mixed with leaf of another plant). Made by the Ovambo, used by a Bushman.

Length 8.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, 1931
Other Number 35 - Other Number

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