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San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Rev. Guido Nuernberger.
Beaded Snuffbox
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Rev. Guido Nuernberger.
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Beaded Snuffbox

DepartmentAfrican Art
CultureThembu peoples
Datemid- 20th century
MediumGlass beads and gourd
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Rev. Guido Nuernberger
Object number54.44.36
Geography
Place madeSouth Africa, Africa
DescriptionGourd embellished with red, white, and blue glass beads; metal button.Provenanceacquired by Rev. Guido Nuernberger (1906-1959) in South Africa, where he served as a Catholic missionary, between 1933-1952; Rev. Guido Nuernberger, by gift to the Witte Museum, San Antonio, 1954; transferred to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994.
Not on view
Collections
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Rev. Guido Nuernberger.
Beaded Collar
Culture: Thembu peoples
mid- 20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Rev. Guido Nuernberger
Beaded Belt
mid- 20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Rev. Guido Nuernberger
Beaded necklace
Culture: Thembu peoples
mid- 20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Rev. Guido Nuernberger
Bead Necklace
Culture: Zulu peoples
mid- 20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Rev. Guido Nuernberger.
Necklace with Snuffbox
Culture: Hlubli people
mid- 20th century
Purchased with the Brown Foundation Contemporary Art Acquisition Fund.
The Anthropophagic Effect, Garment no. 2
Jeffrey Gibson
2019
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Rev. Guido Nuernberger.
Beaded Necklace with Medicine Bottle
Culture: Zulu peoples
mid- 20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Friends of Folk Art.
Wincha
Unknown
ca. 1960
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Rev. Guido Nuernberger.
Beaded Necklace
Culture: Hlubli peoples
mid- 20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Rev. Guido Nuernberger.
Beaded Necklace
Culture: Hlubli peoples
mid- 20th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Rev. Guido Nuernberger
Beaded Necklace
Culture: Hlubli people
mid- 20th century
Beaded Necklace
Beaded Necklace
mid- 20th century

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