Snuff bottle in box

Museum number:
9-13585a-e
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3272
Description:
snuff bottle in box; a) snuff bottle: horn with gilded metal mounts set with coral and turquoise; b) stopper-applicator of gilded metal with turquoise and coral stones in handle; c) silk and paper inner sliding box cover; d) silk (?) covered and lined fitted box; e) outer sliding box cover, silk covered, calligraphic paper label
Donor:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr.
Collection place:
Tibet
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles and Snuff bottles
Accession date:
December 1, 1976
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1987-1988 #9: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (August 1987–November 2, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Snuff bottle in box, accession number 9-13585a-e, described as snuff bottle in box; a) snuff bottle: horn with gilded metal mounts set with coral and turquoise; b) stopper-applicator of gilded metal with turquoise and coral stones in handle; c) silk and paper inner sliding box cover; d) silk (?) covered and lined fitted box; e) outer sliding box cover, silk covered, calligraphic paper labelHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Snuff bottle in box, accession number 9-13585a-e, described as snuff bottle in box; a) snuff bottle: horn with gilded metal mounts set with coral and turquoise; b) stopper-applicator of gilded metal with turquoise and coral stones in handle; c) silk and paper inner sliding box cover; d) silk (?) covered and lined fitted box; e) outer sliding box cover, silk covered, calligraphic paper label

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