Cattle horn snuffbox decorated with red beads and with a chain linked leather cap. The snuff box of made of hollow cow horn with a small globular nodule extending from the base. The surface of the horn is decorated with a bands of square shaped dots and a bands of red and green strung beads. The cap is made of animal hid decorated with red beads. The metal chain is attached to the body of the snuff container at two points and attached by a further length to the cap. [CW [OPS Move] 28/9/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cattle horn snuffbox decorated with red beads and with a chain linked leather cap. The snuff box of made of hollow cow horn with a small globular nodule extending from the base. The surface of the horn is decorated with a bands of square shaped dots and a bands of red and green strung beads. The cap is made of animal hid decorated with red beads. The metal chain is attached to the body of the snuff container at two points and attached by a further length to the cap. [CW [OPS Move] 28/9/2016]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya; Maralal
Cultural groups: Samburu
Person: Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon; PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1968
Date collected: 1968
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1968
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Cattle Horn Animal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Metal, Process Hollowed, Process Decorated, Process Beadwork
Dimensions: Diameter: max 39 mm, Height: max 59 mm, Length: max 512 mm metal chain
Object numbers: Accession number: 1968.20.170

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