Container

Museum number:
5-13428
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3332
Description:
Ivory snuff container with narrow neck and rounded base. Leather top and side straps decorated with small yellow and red beads.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Gob Dogo, Marsabit, Kenya
Culture or time period:
Rendille
Collector:
Jean Colvin and University Research Expeditions Program
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982) and S1985-1986 #40: SFO Museum (May 21, 1986–October 17, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-13428, described as Ivory snuff container with narrow neck and rounded base. Leather top and side straps decorated with small yellow and red beads.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-13428, described as Ivory snuff container with narrow neck and rounded base. Leather top and side straps decorated with small yellow and red beads.

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