Basket-work stopper, part of a wooden snuff container. The stopper sits around the neck of the snuff container and is attached at one point with chain link hinge. The stopper is decorated with inset black and white trade beads. A double chain is attached to the hinged lid at one end and the wooden snuff container at the other. The chain is joined in places with coils of metal wire. For the wooden snuff container with neck decorated with trade beads and single-link chain see 1967.19.6 .1.

Collection type: Object
Description: Basket-work stopper, part of a wooden snuff container. The stopper sits around the neck of the snuff container and is attached at one point with chain link hinge. The stopper is decorated with inset black and white trade beads. A double chain is attached to the hinged lid at one end and the wooden snuff container at the other. The chain is joined in places with coils of metal wire. For the wooden snuff container with neck decorated with trade beads and single-link chain see 1967.19.6 .1.
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
Cultural groups: Kamba
Person: Field collector Edward Battiscombe; PRM source Edward Battiscombe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1925
Date collected: circa 1904-1925
Acquisition information: Donated: 1967
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Bead, Material Metal Wire, Process Decorated, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Diameter: max 40 mm, Height: max 10 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1967.19.6.2