Snuff Container | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1880–90

Medium: Wood and metal wire
Dimensions: 3 1/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (7.9 × 4.4 × 3.8 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Paul F. Walter
Accession Number: 2021.2.3
Geography: Zimbabwe
Culture: Zulu
Period: 19th century
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

'Mr. Meiring, Sr.,' Zimbabwe, 1880s, and by descent [see note 1]; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, May 19, 2000, lot 288; sold to Paul F. Walter (1937–2017), New York; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017

Note 1: According to the Sotheby’s sale catalogue, Mr. Meiring was a South African land surveyor in Zimbabwe.

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Additional information

Object/Work type

containers, snuff bottles

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