Snuff Bottle

Zulu people, South Africa, African

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Standing female figure with flexed knees, arms bent, resting on abdomen, wearing small cap, earrings, and with diamond-shaped mark on forehead. Nails and blades protruding from breasts and front of torso, and holes remaining where some nails removed; umbilical area has small animal skull covered over with organic material. Large nail protruding from back of figure, which is split along the spine, from neck to buttocks.
Round, brownish, footed vessel has cut-in lid with knob in form of modeled human head. Entire vessel and lid covered with raised knobs and whitish pigment.
Carved wooden chair. Animals and figures on back seat crest, stretchers, and front stiles. Brass nail heads form eyes on some animals and figures, also applied as decorative elements. The seat is skin/hide which still has some remaining hair. It has been stretched over the seat rail and tied with strips of gut or hide.
Solid cast-bronze of Osiris with base, standing mummiform figure, hands grasping hook and flail, the crown of Upper Egypt flanked with feathers.