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African Snuff Spoons - Hair Ornaments

 

Cuillérées de Tabac à Priser Zoulous - Zulu Schnupftabackslöffer

 

 

 

 

 

Snuff Spoons Hair Ornaments

 

Zulu - Pondo

 

Circa 1900

 

 

       

                         Ivy's Albums - Lynn Acutt                                 Duggan-Cronin - Bone Hair Ornament

Snuff spoons were for the most part carved from bone. We know of wooden and ivory examples, as well as those of hippo tooth. Photographically, evidence shows the core production area as Pondoland. The Pondo were well known for their snuff spoons, which were objects also intended to be hair ornaments and combs.

 

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Our two examples are offered as a pair and include fine detailed designs.

  

 

Many 19th century illustrations and photographs depict Southern African natives adorned with snuff spoons or related hair ornaments that decorate their hair, coiffure, or in use. On the left is a Bhaca woman a to the right, an Pondo.

 

 

This photograph was taken by Duggan-Cronin of  an Eastern Cape Sangoma taking snuff.

 

 

ZULU - George French Angas - The Kafirs Illustrated - 1849

 

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Himba Snuff Container

 

Hair Ornament

 

 

 

This Himba man was photographed by Neil Munro carrying a wooden neck rest and steel snuff bottle in Angola.

 

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Our example is much like the old man's. It comprises a bullet casing base, brass neck ring and leather stopper. It also includes a hair ornament designed to adorn, scrape sweat and remove snuff like a spoon from deep within the bottle. The devise is known as a sweat scraper.

 

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