Fine and Rare Zulu Snuff Container/Hairpin, South Africa
Horn, probably greater kudu antelope (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), wood
Length 10 1/2in (26.6cm)

Provenance
Saul and Marsha Stanoff Collection, California
Marc and Denyse Ginzberg Collection, New York, acquired from the above in 2000
Sotheby's, Paris, 10 September 2007, Lot 115
Private Princely Collection

Literature
Sieber, Roy and Frank Herreman, Hair in African Art and Culture, The Museum of African Art, New York, 2000, cat. no. 148
Ginzberg, Marc, African Forms, Skira, Milano, 2000, p. 118

Exhibited
Hair in African Art and Culture
The Museum for African Art, New York, 9 February - 28 May 2000;
Apex Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, 25 June - 20 August 2000;
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, California, 4 October - 31 December 2000;
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan, 8 February - 15 April 2001;
California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, California, 26 May - 15 August 2001;
Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina, 22 September - 15 December 2001;
Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center, Jackson, Mississippi, 15 January - 8 March 2002;
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana, 24 May - 28 July 2002;
DuSable Museum of African-American History, Chicago, Illinois, 2 March 2003

African Forms
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York 9 September - 3 October 2004

Chip to one prong tip and to the middle prong about 4 inches from the tip; minor nicks and abrasions.