Snuff Container
1800s-1900s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Snuff Container, 1800s-1900s. Africa, Southern Africa, Lesotho, South Sotho maker. Horn and wood; overall: 10.3 x 4 x 3.5 cm (4 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.202 The tobacco product snuff was stored in decorative, yet useful, containers like this one.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Vessels
- Formatted Medium
- Horn and wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 10.3 x 4 x 3.5 cm (4 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 2010.202
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southern Africa, The Language of Beauty in African Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, (4/16/11-2/26/12); "The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa" cat. no. 23
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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