Snuff container · Kenya, Masai · ID: 3033029

Name: Snuff container
SKU: 3033029
Price: 300 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 300

Provenance

Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany

Size

H: 7,5 cm

H: 3.0 inch

Description

ivory, lid made from hippo skin, decorated with coloured miniature glass beads and a button, metal necklace, min. dam., cracks

Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 116

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