Snuff Container

Cleveland Museum of Art

Snuff Container

Date
late 1800s or early 1900s
Medium
Hide, earth, and blood
Culture
Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Xhosa-style maker
Department
African Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
286670

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Snuff containers made from a mixture of hide, earth, and blood constitute a very rare type of object in the artistic production of southern Africa. The specific gourdlike shape is an even more unusual occurrence. Its materials and purpose refer to the communication between animals and humans. The tobacco product snuff was stored in decorative, yet useful, containers like this one.

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Credit line
Gift of Frank Herreman in memory of Hendrik and Marcelle Herreman
Provenance
?–1970s: Hylton Nel [b. 1941], London, UK, 1970s, given to Frank Herreman | 1970s–2016: Frank Herreman [b. 1949], Antwerp, Belgium, given to the Clevland Museum of Art | 2016–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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