Snuff bottle with stopper-applicator, carved ivory; a) snuff bottle: carved pod (?) with vine and 2 leaves in relief; length: 8.3 cm; (b) stopper-applicator with curving handle, length: 5 cm.
Donor:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr.
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, attr.
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles, Carvings (visual works), and Snuff bottles
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
December 1, 1976
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
a— length 8.3 centimeters and b— length 5 centimeters