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CollectionABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Namesnuff horn
415 276
Object NumberABDUA:18175
Other NumberA365+1
Other Number Typeold number
Brief DescriptionSnuff horn with a lid in cork Shape: curled Old label states that this horn was made by one of the survivors of the battle of Culloden, possibly in one of the houses on the Muir of Culloden
DimensionsL: 110 mm Dia: 46 mm
Materialsleather, ox skin, horn, cork
Object Production Date1746-1800
Place KeyEurope, Scotland, North, Culloden, Inverness-shire
Object History NoteObject included in the 'Rebels with a Cause' exhibition shown initially at Holyrood (Scottish Parliament), Oct 2010 - Jan 2011, then at the New Library, University of Aberdeen in 2011 (opening exhibition). The exhibition featured items from Marischal Museum and Special Collections.
Inscription ContentOld label
Publication NoteLEMUR database
Caption"Horn snuff mull 'made in a house on Culloden Moor by one of the survivors of the battle'."

Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
Aquisition SourceFiske, Mrs C E
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