id:			168422
accession number:	2010.201
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.201
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:22.573000

Snuff Container, 1800s–1900s. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Northern Nguni-style maker. Wood, glass beads, shell, and cotton; overall: 20.3 cm (8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.201

title:				Snuff Container
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creation date:			1800s–1900s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1999
current location:		108B Southern African
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Northern Nguni-style maker
technique:	Wood, glass beads, shell, and cotton
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Vessels
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measurements: Overall: 20.3 cm (8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southern Africa
	opening date:   2011-04-17T00:00:00
	<i>The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southern Africa</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 17, 2011-February 26, 2012).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, (4/16/11-2/26/12); "The Art of Daily Life:  Portable Objects from Southeast Africa" cat. no. 21', 'opening_date': '2011-04-16T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Christie's Paris, France, June 20, 2006, lot 227)
	date: 2006
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	(Jacaranda Tribal Art Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2010
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2010–
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