Snuff Container

The Sierra Leone National museum records note that this small funnel shaped wooden container was said to have been used to store snuff by the Mendes. It has an incised geometric criss-cross pattern on the bowl.

Further Information

• Type: Containers, vessels
• Object: Snuff Container
• Materials: No Data / Other
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: Unknown
• Production Date: Pre 1962
• Associated Places: Nyanyahun, Njaluahun Chiefdom, Kailahun District (Place collected)
• Associated People: G. L. Schulze (Collector)
• Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
• Accession Number: SLNM.1962.33.102

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