id:			168422
accession number:	2010.201
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.201
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:42.035000

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

* Cleveland Museum of Art, (4/16/11-2/26/12); "The Art of Daily Life:  Portable Objects from Southeast Africa" cat. no. 21

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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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Combining beauty and functionality, this finely carved wooden snuff container is adorned with twisted strands of colorful glass beads. Once an object of status, it signaled the wealth and taste of its owner. Its general shape and the parallel ridges appear to be the skillful imitation of a fruit. Throughout southern Africa and elsewhere on the continent, smoking tobacco and taking snuff are enjoyed as activities that enhance positive social relationships. Both men and women wore these personal and portable objects attached to cloaks, carried in bags, or adorning the neck, arm, or waist.
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