Tobacco container

Museum number:
5-6870
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006870
Alternate number:
50 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
ivory tobacco horn; hollow animal horn shape; bound at larger end with leather, at bottom with brass wire; plug attached by wire; l. 12 cm. dia. 3.5 cm.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Dec. 1966
Materials:
Copper (metal), Ivory (material), Leather, and Tooth (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
Used by men to carry tobacco, snuff; may be worn around the neck or fastened to upper arm by thong.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 3.5 centimeters and length 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco container, accession number 5-6870, described as ivory tobacco horn; hollow animal horn shape; bound at larger end with leather, at bottom with brass wire; plug attached by wire; l. 12 cm. dia. 3.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco container, accession number 5-6870, described as ivory tobacco horn; hollow animal horn shape; bound at larger end with leather, at bottom with brass wire; plug attached by wire; l. 12 cm. dia. 3.5 cm.

Tools