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Snuffbox (view 1)

[ Source of title : Chloe Rushovich for FHYA using material provided by Justine Wintjes and Chiara Singh using the KZNM PastPerfect database, Object Name field, selected from Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging ]

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00120A

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Transcription of entry in Accession Register (Ethnology Book 1) under no.120 [Source - Chiara Singh for FHYA, 2021: All text handwritten by F. W. Fitzsimons unless otherwise specified. Direct quotes are indicated in quote marks, with additions indicated in square brackets: "Two ornamental gourd snuffboxes"; LOCALITY: "do" [Meaning "ditto" same as entry 118: "Natal"]; SOURCE AND DATE: "Presented". Other inscriptions: "19" [Meaning unknown]; "7/e/1" [Geographic area/community as per the category indicated on the Catalogue Card, which corresponds with "Natal / General"]; "C" [Meaning unknown"]; Red tick [Relates to an audit conducted on the collection between 1958 and 1961].]

Object description [Source - Chiara Singh for FHYA, 2021: 1 snuffbox : material: gourd ; technique: burning ; colour: natural (brown, with blackening, probably by burning) ; gourd-shaped (Note: two-lobed gourd, with burnt decorative motifs) ; dimensions: 11.5cm (H) x 22cm (Diam.)]

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Event Actor Event Type Event Date Event Description
Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) Online curation 2021 - Chiara Singh digitised this material on behalf of the FHYA
KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM) Custody 1880 - 1904 - Presented to the Natal Society between c.1880 and 1903 or the Natal Government Museum between 1903 and 1904. Frederick W. Fitzsimons accessioned this material. He worked as curator for the Natal Society and its successor the Natal Government Museum from 1896 to 1906.
No attribution Collection [18-?]
No attribution Making [18-?]
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