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Lot Essay
Cf. Wanless, A., Art and Ambiguity, Johannesburg, 1991, p.124, plate 45 for a snuff bottle similar to the first
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THREE SOUTHERN AFRICA SNUFF BOTTLES
A Shona or Tsonga bottle of compressed spherical form with panels of carved geometric ornament, flared neck, wood stopper, pierced suspension loop to one side; a Zulu horn bottle of cylindrical form tapered at each end, conical ivory stopper; the last of ivory, of tapered form with incised arcs, hide base
7cm. to 9cm. long (3)
A Shona or Tsonga bottle of compressed spherical form with panels of carved geometric ornament, flared neck, wood stopper, pierced suspension loop to one side; a Zulu horn bottle of cylindrical form tapered at each end, conical ivory stopper; the last of ivory, of tapered form with incised arcs, hide base
7cm. to 9cm. long (3)
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