id:			168423
accession number:	2010.202
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.202
updated:		2022-01-13 10:05:15.574000

Snuff Container, 1800s-1900s. Africa, Southern Africa, Lesotho, South Sotho maker. Horn and wood; overall: 10.3 x 4 x 3.5 cm (4 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.202

title:				Snuff Container
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creation date:			1800s-1900s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1999
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Africa, Southern Africa, Lesotho, South Sotho maker
technique:	Horn and wood
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Vessels
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measurements: Overall: 10.3 x 4 x 3.5 cm (4 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 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).

	title:		The Language of Beauty in African Art
	opening date:   2022-04-03T04:00:00
	<i>The Language of Beauty in African Art</i>. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (April 3-July 31, 2022); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (November 10, 2022-February 27, 2023).

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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. 23

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PROVENANCE

	Steven Alpert, Dallas, TX
	date: 2005
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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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fun fact: 
The tobacco product snuff was stored in decorative, yet useful, containers like this one.

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