Snuff box
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Snuff box
[ Source of title : FHYA using spreadsheet prepared by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS ]
Object
JAG 1992-11-33
Creative Commons License: CC BY-NC-ND https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Description [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2022, using spreadsheet created by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS, from JAG materials in 2015: Object description: Snuffbox made of trucated cone of the curved end of an animal horn. Its broad lower half is sheathed in hide with a plaited thong attached. Object form type: snuff box; Object material type: horn, hide, hair; Technique: Leatherwork; Colours: Light brown, dark brown; Dimension comment: 11 x 4,2 x 4,5; strap 71 x 1,5; Object age: 19th to early 20th century; Production place: Southern Africa; Cultural association: ; Place of use: Southern Africa; Provenance: .]
Event Actor | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) | Online curation | 2022- | Digital image supplied by Nessa Leibhammer |
South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRIS) | Digitisation | c.2015 | Digital image made for The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA). Metadata compiled by JAG's ex-curator Nessa Leibhammer for the SAHRIS database |
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) | Custody | 1992- | JAG purchased this object from Mordechai Brodie |
Anglo American Johannesburg Centenary Trust | Donation | [19-?] | |
Anglo American Johannesburg Centenary Trust | Purchase | [19-?] | |
Udo Horstmann | Collection | [19-?] | |
No attribution | Making | 19th to early 20th century |
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