DepartmentAsia
Wire Snuff Container
NameWire Snuff Container
Artist
Artist not recorded
CultureZulu
Dateca. 1945-1950
Place madeSOUTH AFRICA, Africa
MediumBrass and copper wire
DimensionsH: 3.5” Diameter: 2”
Credit LineGift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts
Object numberA.2025.29.1
Collections
Provenanceex. coll. Ralph T. Coe [came to Coe Center upon his passing in 2010].
Purchased from Taylor Dale Gallery (date?) Originally owned by Ndzaleni Dlamini, of the Dlamini clan. Later acquired by Mr. C.G. Crawford in Sawziland 2002. Ndzaleni said he made it himself when he was still a single young man “Majaha”.
DescriptionZulu brass and copper wire snuff container in gourd shape with alternating rows of the different wire types spiraling up.
Artist not recorded
