LARGE SOUTH AFRICAN TSONGA WOODEN SNUFF CONTAINER

Ca. 20th century AD. > A wooden snuff container of globular form with a fitted domed lid, the container carved from a single piece of wood and raised on a small circular foot. The vessel is attached to a carved wooden chain composed of interlocking links. Containers of this type were traditionally used to store snuff, a substance widely consumed in parts of Southern Africa. > > Size: 140mm x 350mm; Weight: 415g > Provenance: Prince Collection, 1990s-2014; ex Lance Entwistle 27 November 2009. > >

Estimate:£400

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