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Snuff Box SB.1.162
Snuff Box SB.1.162
SB.1.162
Container [Snuff Box]
Container. Kenya. No.7. XI.V.2 Small portable container in ivory, ovoid, carved from an elephant tusk, fitted with a brown wooden stopper then flanked by an iron bail to allow its suspension. Containers of this type, commonly called "snuff boxes" were very often hunting trophies or prestige objects that may contain snuff, but also other substances such as herbs or gunpowder.
Category: Snuff Box
Location: Kenya
Size in Centimeters:
Length: 9
Width: 5.5
Height: 4
![Container [Snuff Box]
Container. Kenya. Small portable container in ivory, ovoid, carved from an elephant tusk, fitted with a brown wooden stopper then flanked by an iron bail to allow its suspension. Containers of this type, commonly called "snuff boxes" were very often hunting trophies or prestige objects that may contain snuff, but also other substances such as herbs or gunpowder.
Category: Snuff Box
Location: Kenya
Size in Centimeters:
Length: 9
Width: 5.5
Height: 4](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f09b74_3cb93f34b6fd4106bc1fe68cfbfd9859~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_2405,h_2575,q_90/f09b74_3cb93f34b6fd4106bc1fe68cfbfd9859~mv2.webp)
![Container [Snuff Box]
Container. Kenya. Small portable container in ivory, ovoid, carved from an elephant tusk, fitted with a brown wooden stopper then flanked by an iron bail to allow its suspension. Containers of this type, commonly called "snuff boxes" were very often hunting trophies or prestige objects that may contain snuff, but also other substances such as herbs or gunpowder.
Category: Snuff Box
Location: Kenya
Size in Centimeters:
Length: 9
Width: 5.5
Height: 4](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f09b74_1646a6eb752e40079c9ccccbbbc0dc24~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_857,h_917,q_90/f09b74_1646a6eb752e40079c9ccccbbbc0dc24~mv2.webp)
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