Snuff Container
1800s–1900s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Snuff Container, 1800s–1900s. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe or Mozambique, Northern Nguni-style or Shona-style maker. Gourd and copper alloy; overall: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.200 The shape and material of gourd snuff containers—like a woman’s womb, the gourd contains and nurtures the seed—suggest they were made for female users and allude to procreation and fecundity.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Vessels
- Formatted Medium
- Gourd and copper alloy
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 2010.200
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southern Africa, Cleveland Museum of Art, (4/16/11-2/26/12); "The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa" cat. no. 17
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 108B Southern African
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