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Object type
object to smoke and sniff > tobacco mortar
Materials
wood, vegetal fibre
Legend
This anthropomorphic box belonged to an ocimbanda (diviner). Apart from tobacco, it is highly likely that this type of container was sometimes used to keep certain remedies or vegetable powders for healing or magic purposes.
Place of collecting
Angola > Benguela
Culture
Ovimbundu
Field collector
Robert Verly (°1901 - †1963)
Acquisition related person
Royal Museums for Art and History - Brussels, as exchange
Date of acquisition
1967-12-29
Dimensions
19,5 cm
Inventory number
EO.1967.63.503
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