- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Snuff box made of animal hide and hair in the shape of a quadruped. [CW [OPS Move] 17/10/2016]
- Long description
- Snuff box made of animal hide and hair in the shape of a quadruped with a long snout, pointed ears and short tail. The shape of the snuff box is formed by placing wet animal hide over a clay core. The clay core has been hollowed out. The head of the animal forms the lid of the snuff container. The snuff box is decorated with strips of black and white hide to create fur marking and eyes. [CW [OPS Move] 17/10/2016]
- Person
- Field collector Edward Harland Duckworth
- PRM source Edward Harland Duckworth
- PRM source R. Haines
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1972
- Date collected
- By 1972
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1972
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Skin, Material Hair, Process Moulded
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 115 mm, Width: max 62 mm, Length: max 183 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1972.24.187
Search terms: Narcotic, Box, Figure, Snuff Accessory, Animal Figure
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