snuff bottle; ishungu

Gourd snuff bottle with a pinched neck, decorated with vertical bands of blue, black and pink beads over the main body of the bottle. A small circular gourd lid is attached to the bottle by a string of red and blue beads. There are additional beads in red, white and green on the base of the bottle and around the pinched neck.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
10.228
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 110 mm x 70 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
gourd; beads; glass; thread
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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