Snuff bottle [.1] and stopper [.2]. [DCF Court Team 24/2/2004]

Collection type: Object
Description: Snuff bottle [.1] and stopper [.2]. [DCF Court Team 24/2/2004]
Long description: Snuff bottle [.1] and stopper [.2]. Please note that although the information written on the object calls it a 'snuff-box' the object is more bottle-like in shape. The main body of the box or bottle is made from ?animal horn, the lower part of which has been covered in leather. The upper part has been bound with copper wire. The middle of the box and the stopper are decorated with pale blue and dark blue beads. Below the beads on the box is a chain fringe and chains to carry the snuff box. There is a chain attached to the stopper. This is broken but presumably once fixed the stopper to the box. [DCF Court Team 24/2/2004]
Geographical reference: Tanzania, United Republic of
Africa > Eastern Africa > Tanzania, United Republic of; Kilimanjaro Moshi
Cultural groups: Chagga
Person: Field collector Alfred Claud Hollis; PRM source Alfred Claud Hollis
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1895
Date collected: 1895
Acquisition information: Donated: 12/1904 Found unentered: 24/02/2004
Materials and processes: Material Metal Wire, Material Copper Metal, Material Bead, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Horn, Process Beadwork, Process Bound
Dimensions: Diameter: max 22 mm, Height: max 105 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1904.34.47.1 Accession number: 1904.34.47.2