Tobacco Container
ClassificationsTools and Equipment-smoking or snuffing equipment-containers
Cultureprobably
Miao
Date19th to 20th Century
Made AtChina, Asia
MediumWood, bone and fiber
Dimensions3 × 1 5/8 × 7/8 in. (7.6 × 4.1 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2020.8.24
DescriptionThis is a tobacco container from the Miao people of China. Tobacco was introduced to the Miao through trade shortly after its arrival in China in 1612. Mostly due to the environmental conditions of where the Miao live, tobacco is still traded for rather than grown by most Miao groups. Small containers such as this one can be kept on one’s person using the fiber string which also serves as a mechanism for keeping the lid on the container when suspended.On View
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