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Snuff Tube

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Object Number:31-2-146A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Bushmen
Provenience: Namibia
Etosha Pan
Section:African
Materials:Wood
Fiber
Leather
Length: 8.2 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, 1931
Other Number:35 - Other Number

Description

Snuffbox: the tube of wood (with incised chevrons, the bottom closed with a cap of rawhide. Contains tobacco mixed with leaf of another plant). Made by the Ovambo, used by a Bushman.

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