Snuff bottle; snuff box( Human-Made Object)
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Digital photograph of a wooden snuff bottle, museum number Af1859,0908.59.a-b, purchased by the British Museum from Hugh Cuming in 1859. Photo: Briti…
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Description
"Snuff-bottle, with stopper and loop, made of wood, oval with crosspiece at bottom cut from solid, circular in section. Crosspiece pierced longitudinally and threaded with leather strip." Measures: 19.5cm (H) x 4.5cm (W) x 2.5cm (D) [Measurements taken from the British Museum online collections database]
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Human-Made Object
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Chronology
[18-?]-1859
Provenance
This snuff bottle; snuff box was found/acquired in Durban, South Africa and purchased by the British Museum from Hugh Cuming in 1859.
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