African Art

Snuff Container

late 19th–early 20th century

Wood

11 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (29.8 × 3.8 cm)
Gift of Ruth Goodale
2019.42.5
Culture: 
Zulu
Classification: 
Containers - Wood
Geography: 
Country South Africa
Status: 
Not on view
Provenance: 

Ruth Goodale, Cromwell, Conn., inherited the pieces from her mother in law, Mabel Stuart Goodale, who was born in 1888; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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