Vol. I · The open image paperWinnipeg · Musée sans mursRecovered · Remembered · Returned
Cleveland Museum of Art168422portrait1800s–1900sCC0cma african-global-heritage mythology symbols-patterns design-assets objects-with-gravity african global heritage symbols patterns design assets objects with gravity african art tribal beadwork ornament wood carving red beads green beads white beads tassel cultural artifact handmade traditional ethnic dark wood geometric abstract artisan vintage museum textile snuff container1800s–1900s Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Northern Nguni-style maker Wood, glass beads, shell, and cotton Vessels African MythologicalAfrican & Global Heritage Myth & Metamorphosis Symbols & Ornament The Maker’s Cabinet Objects with Gravity
Practical reuse
Use this artwork.
Verified CC0
This record carries an explicit open-use marker in the source metadata. Download the publication copy or follow the museum record for its master image.
Snuff Container (1800s–1900s). Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.201
Vault de Lupin makes the source signal legible; it does not provide legal advice or replace the institution’s current rights statement.
From the museum record
Combining beauty and functionality, this finely carved wooden snuff container is adorned with twisted strands of colorful glass beads. Once an object of status, it signaled the wealth and taste of its owner. Its general shape and the parallel ridges appear to be the skillful imitation of a fruit. Throughout southern Africa and elsewhere on the continent, smoking tobacco and taking snuff are enjoyed as activities that enhance positive social relationships. Both men and women wore these personal and portable objects attached to cloaks, carried in bags, or adorning the neck, arm, or waist.
Lupin’s visual index
A dark, carved wooden ornament is adorned with a vibrant red, green, and white bead tassel.
Machine-assisted description · useful for discovery, not scholarship.
.webp)
