The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Snuff Container
1800s–1900s
Overall: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.200
Location: 108B Southern African
Did You Know?
The snuff and tobacco held in this container were believed to enable communication between humans and ancestors.Description
The shape and material of gourd snuff containers—like a woman’s womb, the gourd contains and nurtures the seed—suggest they were made for female users and allude to procreation and fecundity.- 1981–2007Marc and Denyse Ginzberg, New York, NY2007(Sotheby's, Paris, France, Sept. 10, 2007, lot 96)2010(Jacaranda Tribal Art Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)2010–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southern Africa. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 17, 2011-February 26, 2012).Cleveland Museum of Art, (4/16/11-2/26/12); "The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa" cat. no. 17
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