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African Art Franschhoek South Africa Tribal Art |
Central and Southern African Tribal Art
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Central and Southern African Tribal Art
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African Snuff Bottles - Charms
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Shona Snuff Bottle - Zimbabwe / Mozambique
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An extremely fine, early collected example of 19th century origin - form.
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wired snuff bottle zulu snuff , beaded charm, south african artifact southern africa southern african artefact vintage artefacts ken karner artifacts
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Himba Snuff Container - Hair Ornament
The Himba man on the left was photographed by National Geographic in Namibia. Neil Munro shot the one on the right of a man carrying a wooden neck rest and steel snuff bottle in Angola.
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Our steel example is much like that of Neil Munro's old man. Its base is a brass bullet casing, neck a brass ring, closed by a hide stopper. It includes a hair ornament / sweat scraper designed to adorn, scrape sweat and remove snuff from deep within the bottle.
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This example makes use of a rubber stopper.
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Zulu Snuff Bottle - Beaded Neck Charm
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This 19th century example
remains in almost pristine condition. Beaded snuff bottles like this were
often worn by Sangomas.
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Zulu Snuff Bottle / South Africa
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This mid 20th century example
was decorated in telephone wire.
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Wired and Beaded Gourds / South Africa
From the estate of Bruno Walters
In both the 19th and 20th centuries, gourds were used as snuff bottles and/or charms, often decorated with beads or wirework.
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A Xhosa beaded calabash charm called "iselwa esigayiwayo".
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A Zulu wired gourd or calabash in pristine condition.
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A Thembu beaded calabash charm called "iselwa esigayiwayo".
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A Kamba Snuff Bottle - Kenya
This snuff bottle was collected by a missionary on service to Kenya during the previous century. The upper neck portion is of carved horn, as are the inserted dot decoration below applied into old wood.
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