Snuff Holder

AF4495

From: Ethiopia

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF4495
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mela
Provenience Ethiopia
Section African
Materials Ivory | Leather
Description

Ivory, with leather cap top and bottom; plaited leather carrying strap, the ends of which pass through bone tubes which are ornamented with incised lines. There is also attached a small leather pouch with the hair left on.

Length 50 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Arthur Donaldson Smith, 1914
Other Number 19007 - Old Museum Number

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