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Snuffbox Corozo, Women, Work, or Bagnard Marin nineteenth

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D07130046B3

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Corozo snuffbox, decorated with a Woman, Work or Bagnard Marino, 19th

Snuffbox finely carved tagua, slipper-shaped, decorated with a young woman playing the lyre, marine work or convict * of XIXth century.

This snuff box is in good condition.

A note: the character's eyes lack of end-use wear see photos.

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* The "palm ivory" from the Amazon rainforest bear fruit whose pulpit inner (endosperm) becomes very hard when dry and texture very similar to ivory. It is this which is called vegetable ivory or tagua tagua. The tagua nut carves, turns, polishes easily and almost as finely as ivory. The tagua nut was worked by the sailors who made such small boxes, snuff graters or tobacco also made by convicts. The latter worked to pass the time but mainly to get some money to improve their lives. Can also be attributed to sailors during their long journeys. These objects are corozo finest examples of folk art.