Snuff Holder
| Object Number: | 37-22-86A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Sierra Leone Sherbro Island |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Ivory |
| Length: | 18.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number: | 270 - Collector Number |
Description
The horn has a collar and lid of chased silver. From a ring in the middle of the lid hangs a silver snuff spoon. The horn was made on the Kittim River, by relative of Bia Bete's father and presented to the latter when he became Paramount Chief of Ndema.
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