Tobacco

Museum number:
5-796a-j
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050796a@2dj
Accession number:
Acc.977
Description:
Snuff bundle. Package of tobacco wrapped in banana leaf. Put up for sale in markets in this form. In Central Kenya normally sold by Okamba but sold also by other tribes.
Donor:
University of California African Expedition
Collection place:
Ngong, Nairobi, Kenya
Culture or time period:
Maasai people
Collector:
University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
April 1948
Materials:
Plant material
Taxon:
Nicotiana
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco, accession number 5-796a-j, described as Snuff bundle. Package of tobacco wrapped in banana leaf. Put up for sale in markets in this form. In Central Kenya normally sold by Okamba but sold also by other tribes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco, accession number 5-796a-j, described as Snuff bundle. Package of tobacco wrapped in banana leaf. Put up for sale in markets in this form. In Central Kenya normally sold by Okamba but sold also by other tribes.

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