Museum number:
| APM 18.284 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic items |
Title:
| snuff box |
Keyword:
| buffalo horn |
Description:
| Snuifhoorn van hoorn met ronde puntige hoornvorm, de afgezaagde zijde met opening waarin een houten klepdeksel klemt, montage met een ijzeren schakelketting. |
Date:
| Period | 1890 - 1930 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 3.74 in (9.5 cm) |
| Diameter | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | buffalo horn (animal material) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | yellow-brown |
| Other materials | iron (metal), wood |
| Traces of use | geen |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Ethnicity | Native Americans |
Acquisition
| Year | 2006 |
| Provenance | Londen, Alfred Dunhill Pipes Limited, 1952-2006 |
| Londen, Alfred Dunhill, <1940-1952, nr AM47 |
Comments
| Catalogus Christie's South Kensington, Londen, 22-23 May 2006, lot 862, afgebeeld. |
Literature
| Ben Rapaport (Benjamin Rapaport), A complete guide to collecting Antique Pipes. Exton, PA, 1979. p 214. Dit exemplaar in de vitrine Amerika midden onder. |
Exhibition
| Londen, Dunhill museum, permanente presentatie, vitrine Amerika, c. 1960. |
| Amsterdam Pipe Museum, tentoonstelling "Cultuur snuiven, de geheimen van snuiftabak", 27 augustus - 10 december 2016. |
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