HANGING DOUBLE SNUFF CONTAINER
[1,2,4,5]: HANGING DOUBLE SNUFF CONTAINER
[3]: Zulu chief holding a clubbed staff (iwisa). Sometimes, snuff containers were hung at the top of another kind of staff for walking (uzime / uboko), fitted with a hole to hang containers for easy access. [see “Relevant notes” below]
[6]: A different double snuff container with similar globe design and hanging propertyFrom: Zulu culture, South Africa 🇿🇦Source [1,2,4,5]: “African Furniture & Household Objects” by Roy Sieber
Source [3]: Imago History Collection on Alamy
Source [6]: @finchandcoartdealer
Source notes [1,2,4,5]: Wood. H. 10 in. (25.3 cm). A virtuoso carving from a single piece of wood, the globular forms are containers for snuff.
Source notes [3]: Zulu chief, South Africa 1880-1905
Source notes [6]: A Fine South African Zulu Peoples Double Snuff Container. Late 19th Century. 22.5cm long
Observations: material as beauty, visual balance/formal composition (hanging feature forms a triangle when added to containers), portability, user experience (made to be attached to another object used daily), considering an object’s profile (cap on globular containers).
