Snuff-Spoon
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Apr 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1897 to 1899
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Frank Abbott
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Helen A. Taylor
notes: label: Notes
content: IVORY, LONG-HANDLE; CARVED AT END INTO 4 PRONGS (2 MISSING). "SOME SNUFF-SPOONS HAVE 2 OR MORE COMB-LIKE PRONGS. THESE ARE USED IN DRESSING THE HAIR". SEE: MAYR, FRANZ. "THE ZULU KAFIRS [note, Kaffir/Kafir is now considered an offensive term; it was previously a neutral term for black southern African people] OF NATAL", ANTHROPOS 2, 1907: 643.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: South Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Zulu
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 349800
label: USNM Number
content: E422204-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Snuff-Spoon
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18 cm