Snuff container · South Africa · ID: 3033535
sold
EUR 500
Size
H: 18,5 cm
H: 7.3 inch
Description
wood, slightly shiny middle brown patina, angular corpus carved on both sides, long neck with spherical plug, writing at the bottom: “Snuff box from Central Africa”, min. dam., slight traces of usage;
the offering and handing on of snuff containers and their content was accompanied by sophisticated courtesies.
The object Snuff container with the object ID 3033535 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 508 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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