Snuff Bottle
This opaque glass bottle is from China. The landscape scene of trees, flowers and a bird was painted on the inside using a feather. The top of the the bottle has been sealed by a cork and wax.
Snuff Box
This is a snuff box from the Haussa people of Cameroon. It is made of leather, and has a small leather lid. The fine leather strands hold on the lid and decorate the underside.The snuff box has been tied ...
Snuff Box
This is a snuff box from the Haussa people of Cameroon. It is made of leather, and has a small leather lid. The fine leather strands hold on the lid and decorate the underside.The snuff box has been tied ...
Snuff Box
This is a snuff box from the Haussa people of Cameroon. It is made of leather, and has a small leather lid. The fine leather strands hold on the lid and decorate the underside.The snuff box has been tied ...
Snuff Box
This is a snuff box from Africa. It is chip carved from dark wood, with a carved handle on one side. The exterior of the bottle is decorated with deeply cut lines. Snuff boxes like these are typically ...
Snuff Box
A South African snuff box formed from a dried out hollow gourd. There is a hole in the top and there are strands of green, blue, red and pink glass beads around the 'neck', c.1900.
Snuff Box
A small circular box with a lid, from West Africa. The box is formed by sections of two shaped gourds. There is a painted scene on the lid of oxen pulling a cart.
Soil Sample
A sample of soil from Scarabaei, Thebes, wrapped in a piece of paper.
Soup Sieve
This is a soup sieve from Ghana, West Africa. The seive is made from plant fibres that have been woven together to make a basket.
Spear
A large spear with a thick wooden handle and a socketed iron spearhead screwed to the shaft.
Spear
A possible spear without a spearhead. It has been made from a long wooden pole with an enlarged end to fit into the socket of a spearhead.
Spear
A metal arrow spearhead and rod inserted into a wooden pole and bound with strips of thin wicker. The end of the pole is sliced diagonally.
Spear
A small native spear, from West Africa. It is made from a wooden pole with a long leaf-shaped iron spearhead, which is bound by plant material.
Spear
An old Persian spear. It is made from a long wooden pole with a long leaf shaped socketed spearhead and a long sharp iron point at the opposite end. The spear is decorated by red leather with interlaced ...
Spear
An old Persian spear. It is made from a long wooden pole with a long leaf shaped socketed spearhead and a long sharp iron point at the opposite end. The spear is decorated by red leather with interlaced ...
Spear
A Haussa spear made from a long, flexible, dark wooden pole with natural ridges. The pole fits into an iron socket on the long leaf shaped spearhead.
Spear
A Haussa spear made from a long, flexible, dark wooden pole with natural ridges. The pole fits into an iron socket on the small triangular spearhead.
Spear
A Haussa spear made from a long, flexible, dark wooden pole with natural ridges. The pole fits into an iron socket on the small leaf shaped spearhead.