Description
The shape and material of gourd snuff containers—like a woman’s womb, the gourd contains and nurtures the seed—suggest they were made for female users and allude to procreation and fecundity.
Provenance
Marc and Denyse Ginzberg, New York, NY (1981–2007); (Sotheby's, Paris, France, Sept. 10, 2007, lot 96) (2007); (Jacaranda Tribal Art Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (2010); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2010–)
Accession Number
2010.200
Medium
Gourd and copper alloy
Dimensions
Overall: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Classification
Vessels
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund