Snuff Case

32-47-18

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 32-47-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 15th Century - 1939
Section Asian
Materials Ivory | Metal | Coral
Technique Carved
Iconography Jewel-Spitting Mongoose
Description

Snuff case. Ivory figurine of mouse or jewel-spitting mongoose.

Credit Line Academy of Natural Science / University Museum Expedition to Southwest China and Tibet; Gordon T. Bowles, 1932
Other Number 29 - Other Number

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