ClassificationsAfrican Art
Linked Snuff Containers
Place CreatedSouth Africa, Africa
CultureTsonga
DateLate 19th Century
MediumWood
Credit LineGift of the Charles S. Ackerman Fund
DimensionsMaximum: 8 1/4 × 2 × 1 3/4 in. (21 × 5.1 × 4.4 cm)
Object number2021.003.006
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, June 6, 2022 - PresentPublished References"New African Acquisition Includes Nguni, Thembu, and Xosa Pipes and Tsonga Snuff Containers." MCCM e-Newsletter, Spring 2022. p. 12. Pictured.
ProvenanceEx coll. Allan Stone (1932-2006), New York, New York. With Sotheby's New York, November 15, 2013, lot 150. Purchased by MCCM from Jacaranda LLC, New York, New York.
Status
On viewCollections
- African Art
Late 19th Century
20th Century
100 BCE-500 CE
100 BCE-500 CE
early 1st Millennium BCE
4th Century BCE
ca. 330 BCE
3rd-4th Century CE
3000-2000 BCE
early 20th Century