tobacco box

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn19739
General view of label of Horniman Museum object no nn19739
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn19739 General view of label of Horniman Museum object no nn19739

Bamboo tobacco box decorated with bands of woven plant material. The lid is attached to the box with a length of string.

Label: Handwritten label with the object, reading 'Man's Tobacco box. / Sea Dyak, Upper Kegang. / Third Division of Sarawak'.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn19739
PLACE
CULTURE
Iban
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 191 mm x 68 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
bamboo; plant fibre; string
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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