File:Brooklyn Museum 22.1089 Snuff Container Tesa Ya Ma Kanya.jpg

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English: Snuff Container (Tesa Ya Ma Kanya)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Snuff Container (Tesa Ya Ma Kanya)
Description
English: Carved wooden snuff box, representing female figure seated on edge of European-style chair. Hollowed body used to hold snuff; head and neck provided stopper. Female wears large earrings of 3 iron chain links in right ear, and anklets above feet. Well patinated; shows signs of use. Condition: Good
English: The body of this female figure seated on a chair has been hollowed out to hold snuff. The head and neck serve as a stopper. Containers such as this one were emblems of high status and were used by Chokwe rulers to serve snuff to important visitors or to make offerings of snuff on ceremonial occasions. The royal female ancestor sits on a chief's throne holding her breast to symbolically nurture the chiefdom.
Date 19th century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Dimensions 5 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 3 in. (14 x 5.5 x 7.6 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor
Accession number
22.1089
Credit line Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Notes
  • Culture: Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • possible Place made: Angola
  • possible Place made: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1089_PS2.jpg
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