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Description: | Zulu snuff spoons are usually made out of bone, and less typically out of ivory, wood or metal.
Two snuff spoons, one of which is made of ivory, the other is made of copper alloy. The ivory spoon is long and thin, and has three prongs for a handle. One of the prongs has snapped away. The neck of the spoon has a grid carving. The copper alloy spoon has two prongs, which widen at the neck. Above this section, the neck of the spoon has a geometric pattern.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 3.339 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | metal snuff spoons ivory Zulu copper alloy Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-131531 | Go to resource |
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