1923.34.15

Collection type

Object

Description

Small globular snuff-flask with burnt and engraved designs.

Long description

Small globular snuff-flask with burnt and engraved designs. The gourd is divided around the circumference. The two halves are divided into eight segments; four with grooved lines and four burnt sections. [MJD 09/07/2013]

Geographical reference

South Africa

Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa

Eastern Cape Tsolo [St Cuthbert's Mission]

Cultural groups

Xhosa

Mpondomise

Person

Field collector Frank Cornner

PRM source Frank Cornner

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1923

Date collected

By 1923

Acquisition information

Donated: 1923

Materials and processes

Material Gourd Plant, Process Incised, Process Decorated, Process Hollowed, Process Burnt

Dimensions

Diameter: max 60 mm approx

Object numbers

Accession number: 1923.34.15

Research and responses

For information on the collector, the mission for which he worked (St Cuthbert at Tsolo), and the wider context, see 'Jubilee Dandies: Collecting Beadwork in Tsolo, Eastern Cape 1897–1932', by Anitra Nettleton, in African Arts, Vol. 46, no. 1 (Spring 2013), pp. 36–49. (Printout of article in RDF for collection 1923.34.) [JC 25 11 2015]

For information on the collector, the mission for which he worked (St Cuthbert at Tsolo), and the wider context, see 'Of Severed Heads and Snuff Boxes: "Survivance" and Beaded Bodies in the Eastern Cape, 1897–1932', by Anitra Nettleton, in African Arts, Vol. 48, no. 4 (Winter 2015), pp. 22–33. (Printout of article in RDF for collection 1923.34.) [JC 25 11 2015]

Search terms: Narcotic, Vessel, Snuff Accessory