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No. 82124117

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Maya Jadeit pre-Columbian sniffing tube - 11 cm
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Maya Jadeit pre-Columbian sniffing tube - 11 cm

Ruth Garrido Vila

Selected by Ruth Garrido Vila
Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A beautiful example of a sniffing tube (also snuff tube) for inhaling hallucinogenic substances via the nose. Carved from mottled greenstone, the tube is of a slender form with a slight central carination and a biconically drilled interior cavity with a smooth rim around each end. 11cm x 1,1cm x 1,2cm(high 15cm including free metal display)

No. 82124117

No longer available
Maya Jadeit pre-Columbian sniffing tube - 11 cm

Maya Jadeit pre-Columbian sniffing tube - 11 cm

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Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic
Period, ca. 600 to 900 CE.
A beautiful example of a sniffing tube (also snuff tube) for inhaling hallucinogenic substances via the nose. Carved from mottled greenstone, the tube is of a slender form with a slight central carination and a biconically drilled interior cavity with a smooth rim around each end.
11cm x 1,1cm x 1,2cm(high 15cm including free metal display)

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