Snuff Tube

Snuff Tube

Public Domain

CultureAtacameño
Titles
  • Snuff Tube
Date900–1100 AD
PlaceChile
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 × 5/8 × 5/8 in. (20 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of William J. Hill
Object number2002.3552
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceWilliam J. Hill, Houston, until 2002; given to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "God, Man, and Animal: Pre-Columbian Art from Private Collections in Houston and Austin," 3 March - 3 June, 1990

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