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1930.20.1

Snuff box of animal skin in form of an ox.

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1930.20.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Snuff box of animal skin in form of an ox.
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1930
Date collected
By 1930
Acquisition information
Donated: 1930
Materials and processes
Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Blood, Process Moulded
Dimensions
Height: max 105 mm, Length: max 130 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1930.20.1
Research and responses

Comment made by member of the Archaeological Leather Group during their visit in April 2014 - How would this be made? You would heat up scrapings of leather and blood into a pulp and form it round a mould (made of sand or wax possibly), then prick out the skin and leave to harden. [HA 27/10/2014]

Search terms: Narcotic, Vessel, Figure, Snuff Accessory, Animal Figure

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