Accessoire à tabac · Nigéria, Tiv · ID: 3052720
Prix d'appel
800 €
Prix d'Estimation
1 600 €
Provenance
British Private CollectionMichael Backman, London, Great Britain
Taille
H: 11 cm
H: 4.3 inch
Description
bronze, base
According to Neyt, these snuff rings were once very common and were used to make sniffing tobacco easier.
They always have the same shape with a disc-shaped surface for the snuff.
Littérature comparée
Neyt, François, The Arts of the Benue, Michigan 1985, p. 200, ill. 45