Bottle

Museum number:
9-8372
Permalink:
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Description:
snuff bottle without stopper; white glass with carved glass (red) overlay of people making offerings at shrine; to hold snuff; at later times held perfume, medicine, etc. kept in sleeve of carrier, small bit spooned onto thumbnail of owner, snuffed into nostrils
Collection place:
China
Collection date:
1930s
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 9-8372, described as snuff bottle without stopper; white glass with carved glass (red) overlay of people making offerings at shrine; to hold snuff; at later times held perfume, medicine, etc. kept in sleeve of carrier, small bit spooned onto thumbnail of owner, snuffed into nostrils

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