Snuff Tube

AF4230

From: Kenya

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF4230
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Akamba
Provenience Kenya
Locus Upper Sabaki (Athi) Valley | Machako's
Section African
Materials Leather | Bamboo
Description

Section of bamboo with discs of calabash as stoppers. This has a spiral interrupted by two groups of straight lines. A loop of thong with a wooden stop covered with brass passes through the middle of the tube crosswise.

Length 10 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number 21871 - Dealer's Number

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