Unknown maker - Snuff-spoon and associated items

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[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018: File contains an object identified by Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials as a 'snuff-spoon' and its associated catalogue card. The object was acquired by Harry Oppenheimer for the Brenthurst Library from Jonathan Lowen. The Brenthurst Collection is on long term loan to the Johannesburg Art Gallery. Related items include the box files 'JAG Archives: Traditional Collection: Brenthurst Collection: From Lowen Collection: 11/1A VOL 1 10/58; '11/1A VOL 2: Art & Ambiguity. Vol 1: Correspondence Reports 10/58', 'JAG Archives: Traditional Collection: Brenthurst References' and 'Traditional Collection: M.Stevenson'.]

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Unknown maker - Snuff-spoon and associated items

[ Source of title : Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials ]

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Object

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Institutional Identifier

JL-H-10

Arrangement

[Source - Nessa Leibhammer for FHYA, 2015: Accession numbers had already been allocated to the objects in the collection before it was sold to Harry Oppenheimer and the numbering system was retained by JAG: the initials JL stand for ‘Jonathan Lowen’; the following number indicates which type grouping the object falls into: A – Figure; B –Doll; C – Staff; D – Stool; E – Headrest; F – Smoking-pipe; G – Snuff-box; H – Snuff-spoon; J - Vessel wood; K - Vessel clay; L – Vessel gourd; N – Spoon; P – Earplugs, hairpins, anklets etc; R – Club; S – Knives; U – Beadwork; W – Apron; X - Miscellaneous. The numeral(s) that follow are the number of the item within the grouping. These accession numbers are distinct from the numbers given to objects owned by the JAG.]

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Creative Commons License: CC BY-NC-ND https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Events
Event Actor Event Type Event Date Event Description
Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) Online curation 2016 -
Related Items

JAG Archives: Traditional Collection: Brenthurst References

Traditional Collection: M.Stevenson

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