Snuff Container, 1800s-1900s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtSnuff containers made out of a gou
Snuff Container, 1800s-1900s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtSnuff containers made out of a gourd–the hard shell of the fruit of the Oncoba spinosa tree–and decorated with wirework were widespread in southern Africa. The shape and material of gourd snuff containers suggest they would have been made for female users. Like a woman’s womb, the gourd contains and nurtures the seed. Thus, the materials and the forms of snuff containers allude to procreation and fecundity.Size: Overall: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)Medium: gourd, copper and brass wirehttps://clevelandart.org/art/2010.200 -- source link
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