Snuff container
South Africa
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.