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Rounded metal container with raised floral designs. A small circular metal ring attached to the top.

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Unknown Maker, Malaysian

Tobacco Box

Now On View

Description

Maker

Culture

Malaysian, or, Sumatran

Title

Tobacco Box

Year

1800s-1900s

Medium

silver

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

silver

Geography

Origin: Malaysia

Dimensions

3.8 x 5.4 x 11.4 cm (1 1/2 x 2 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Miss Elizabeth T. Casey

Object Number

1988.102.2

Type

Boxes

Exhibition History

Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce

Apr 09, 2022 – Jan 12, 2025

Label copy

Tobacco has been an important commodity for thousands of years, its uses ranging from medicinal and mood-altering to recreational and ceremonial. Containers for storing tobacco include silver boxes, ceramic cigar humidors, and Native American leather pouches adorned with European trade beads and jingle cones cut from tin snuff cans.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Malaysian

Tobacco Box, 1800s-1900s

Silver

3.8 x 5.4 x 11.4 cm (1 1/2 x 2 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches)

Gift of Miss Elizabeth T. Casey 1988.102.2

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