Snuff Tube
29-59-142
From: Africa
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 29-59-142 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kimbundu |
| Provenience | Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Bamboo |
| Description | Bamboo; incised decoration; bottom is a node of the bamboo; top missing. Snuff tubes 29-59-152 inclusive are "from the N'bondo Malenge and one or two other tribes." Such tubes are sometimes carried in the ear. One of them is No. 248; the others have no original number. |
| Length | 14.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927 |
| Other Number | Mercer unknown - Old Museum Number |
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