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Snuff Container

1800s–1900s
Gourd and copper alloy
Overall: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 2010.200
Location: 108B Southern African
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The snuff and tobacco held in this container were believed to enable communication between humans and ancestors.

Description

The shape and material of gourd snuff containers—like a woman’s womb, the gourd contains and nurtures the seed—suggest they were made for female users and allude to procreation and fecundity.

Snuff Container

1800s–1900s

Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe or Mozambique, Northern Nguni-style or Shona-style maker

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