Snuff container
- Description
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In East Africa, men and women carry snuff containers (Kamba - kiangi) which are sometimes accompanied by personal items such as grooming tweezers. The Portuguese were the first to import tobacco into Africa from Brazilian plantations in the 17th century. This resulted in the decreased use of Indian hemp (cannabis) which was originally imported from Asia in the late 1500s.
http://africanhistory.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.001.0001/acrefore-9780190277734-e-44 - Accession Loan No.
- 23/2011/15
- Collection Class
- Smoking and narcotics
- Common Name
- snuff container
- Simple Name
- container
- Full Name
- snuff bottle and tweezers (kiangi)
- Dimensions
- Whole length 105 mm; Whole width 65 mm
- Cultural Group
- Kamba
- Production Year High
- 1973
- Production Country
- Kenya
- Production Area Region
- East Africa
- Production Continent
- Africa
- Family Group
- Material
- wood; horn; metal
- Function Name
- container
