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Digital photograph of a carved ivory and wood snuff box, museum number Af1910,-.384.a, urchased by the British Museum f…
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Snuff box
"Snuff-box made of carved ivory and wood, with broad base tapering towards a small, bearded human head beneath which are numerous rings of incised oval motifs. A thin leather strap is attached to the back of the object." Measures: 20cm (H) x 3.5cm (W) x 3.5cm (D) [Measurements taken from the British Museum online collections database]
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Human-Made Object
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[18-? or 19-?]-1910
Provenance
This snuff box was found/acquired in South Africa or Botswana and purchased by the British Museum from the London Missionary Society in 1910. The previous owner was Moffat
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