Three Zulu snuff spoons

Three Zulu snuff spoons
South Africa
bone, including one carved as a snake, with incised and blackened decoration to one side, 14.7cm, another with an open flared terminal handle with incised and blackened decoration to both sides, 13.9cm long, and the third with a double ring terminal handle, with an incised band of blackened decoration, 13cm. (3)

Open handle cf. National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA - inv no. 89-8-65. (AHDRC - 0196543)