headrest; snuff containers

Double headrest with chain links and snuff containers carved out of a single piece of wood with bulbous, pendant snuff container at either end, this double headrest linked by a carved chain appears to be in pristine, unused condition. The carved chain, indicative of virtuosity in carving, features in other Tsonga material culture, including snuff containers, vessels and spoons.

For a related example in Glenbow Museum, Canada (accession number R1915.92), see Labelle, 2005 page 150 figure 152.

Double headrest with chain links and snuff containers carved out of a single piece of wood with bulbous, pendant snuff container at either end, this double headrest linked by a carved chain appears to be in pristine, unused condition. The carved chain, indicative of virtuosity in carving, features in other Tsonga material culture, including snuff containers, vessels and spoons. For a related example in Glenbow Museum, Canada (accession number R1915.92), see Labelle, 2005 page 150 figure 152.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
12.15
PLACE
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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