lidded snuff box, unrecorded Chokwe artist

Artwork Overview

lidded snuff box, late 1800s–1908
Where object was made: Angola
Material/technique: leather; carving; wood
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 12.5 x 4.5 x 6 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 4 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 2 3/8 in
Credit line: Gift of Claude D. Brown
Accession number: 2007.3423
Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection," Feb-2000
Chiefs used their ever-present snuffboxes in ceremonial and ritual contexts. The chiefs prepared a pinch of snuff as a welcome to visitors and as an invocation to the spirits before an assembly.

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