Wooden stopper with chain attached belonging to a snuff container. The stopper has a textile bound stepper plug below a raised cylindrical section decorated with strips of leather. At the top of the stopper is a loop bound with white metal wire. The Akamba type chain passes through the loop. For the wooden flask-shaped snuff container with white metal and copper wire panels see 1967.19.27 .1. [CW [OPS Move] 28/9/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden stopper with chain attached belonging to a snuff container. The stopper has a textile bound stepper plug below a raised cylindrical section decorated with strips of leather. At the top of the stopper is a loop bound with white metal wire. The Akamba type chain passes through the loop. For the wooden flask-shaped snuff container with white metal and copper wire panels see 1967.19.27 .1. [CW [OPS Move] 28/9/2016]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
Cultural groups: Kikuyu
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 Metal Wire, Material Copper Metal, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Bound
Dimensions: Height: max 1055 mm, Width: max 27 mm, Length: max 1000 mm of chain
Object numbers: Accession number: 1967.19.27.2