Wooden snuffbox
 
Date of production before 1900 
Place of creation Jarosławiec, Hrubieszów district, Poland 
Dimensions length: 9.5 cm 
ID no. 4174/mek 
Museum The Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Kraków 
Subjects daily life, sculpted, body 
Technique sculpture 
Material oak wood 
Object copyright The Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Kraków 
Digital images copyright public domain 
Digitalisation RDW MIC, Małopolska's Virtual Museums project 
Tags ciało, 3D, 3D plus, domena publiczna 
A container in the shape of a human hand clenched into a fist, intended for storing snuff. It is made of oak, with a rectangular hollowed-out interior, covered with a thin lid. The plate of the lid is mounted on the wrist part with a leather hinge. It is finished with a ledge, which was used to raise the lid with a fingernail. The snuffbox is finished with dark brown French polish.
Elaborated by the Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Kraków, © all rights reserved