Container Item Number: K4.81 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Horn container with hide stoppers on both ends and beaded hide strip with chain fastened with coiled copper wire. Beads are red, white and blue. Long linked chain attached to top of horn.
History Of Use
For snuff. Possibly not of Maasai origin.
Item History
- Made in Tanzania before 1900
- Collected in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania between 1916 and 1918
- Owned by A. McPhee Warner
- Owned by Lillian Warner before August 1954
- Received from Lillian Warner (Donor) during August 1954
What
- Name
- Container
- Identification Number
- K4.81
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- horn, iron metal, copper metal, metal, skin and glass
- Overall
- height 15.2 cm, width 2.5 cm, depth 9.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Maasai ?
- Previous Owner
- A. McPhee Warner and Lillian Warner
- Received from
- Lillian Warner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tanzania
- Collected in
- Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
When
- Creation Date
- before 1900
- Collection Date
- between 1916 and 1918
- Ownership Date
- before August 1954
- Acquisition Date
- during August 1954
Other
- Item Classes
- beadwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2177/0007