Snuffbox

Museum number:
5-833
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
116 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.988
Description:
snuff box, wooden; [handwritten on card: ht. 14.8 cm]
Donor:
University of California African Expedition
Collection place:
Namibia
Culture or time period:
Kuanyama Ambo
Collector:
Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
Spring 1948
Materials:
Leather and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 14.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Snuffbox, accession number 5-833, described as snuff box, wooden; [handwritten on card: ht. 14.8 cm]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Snuffbox, accession number 5-833, described as snuff box, wooden; [handwritten on card: ht. 14.8 cm]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuffbox, accession number 5-833, described as snuff box, wooden; [handwritten on card: ht. 14.8 cm]

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