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Snuff box, snuff box, naskäak

Also known as: snuff dosa, snuff box, naskäak

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Snuff box, snuff box, naskäak is held by Museum of Ethnography. Museum description: Snuff box; a black calabash. Missing stopper.; 1901.25.0043; The Storehouse - An ethnographic treasury; The Storehouse - H; H14; Uzbekistan; Turkestan; Central Asia The museum record gives material recorded as calabash; calabash; measurements Diameter 5 cm. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
kalebass; calabash
Dimensions
Diameter 5 cm

Identification

Europeana id
/91619/SMVK_EM_objekt_1603416
Museum object name
snuff dosa, snuff box, naskäak
Holding institution
Museum of Ethnography

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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