Xifukwana?
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Xifukwana?
[ Source of title : FHYA using spreadsheet prepared by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS ]
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JAG 1992-11-45
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: Small carved snuff box in the form of a short cylinder with rounded bottom and shoulder. A slightly flared neck emerges from the shoulder. It has a flattish round knob as a stopper. It has a hole carved through a rough bridge of a handle. The body of the box is covered with vertical grooves along its entire length with a horizontal groove around its middle. A few of the vertical grooves have been carved across to form pleats. Object form type: snuff box; Object material type: wood; Technique: Carving; Colours: Brown, dark brown; Dimension comment: 7 x 2,8 x 2,5; Object age: 19th to early 20th century; Production place: Limpopo Province; Cultural association: Tsonga; Place of use: Limpopo Province; Provenance: .]
| Event Actor | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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