Snuff Spoon (intshengula or izintshengula)

late 1800s Overall: 17.8 cm (7 in.) Source image
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Often, snuff spoons made from the rib of an ox or cow were subtly carved to suggest a female body. Decorated with incised designs blackened with cattle fat and ash, many are true hybrid objects, combining a spoon with a long-tined comb or hairpin. Such spoons were typically wo...

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