Decorated snuff boxes - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 75792 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 75.00 CUCURBITACEAE Lagenaria siceraria | Entry Book Number | 25.1998 | |
| Artefact Name | Decorated snuff boxes | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Afghanistan | TDWG Region | Afghanistan | ||
| Parts Held | Decorated snuff boxes | Geography Description | Afghanistan, Asia Temperate, Western Asia | ||
| Uses | Decorated snuff boxesUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Alvis A | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/11/1998 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Snuff boxes with decorated tops (Silver and bead-work). Donated by Mrs Annette Alvis, 11a St Andrews Mansions, Old Church Lane, London, NW9 8TB? Nov, 1998. They were given by Afghan mujaidheen to Mrs Alvis's son Mark (1962-1991) whilst he was teaching En, glish in Baluchistan (Pakistan). He first visited there in 1979, and stayed in Quetta. Snuff containers called kado are presented on special occasions. Where exactly these two were made and in what year they were given to Mark is not known. | ||||