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A Baltic amber snuff bottle with with wide shoulders and thins towards the bottom. On the top of the snuff bottle is a moonstone stopper sit in a horn collar.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Baltic amber snuff bottle
1880 – 1940
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.93
This stoneware figure of an anthropomorphic form is sitting on all fours with hooved legs, a human face, a horn on top of its head, and spikes extending down the back. This figure has traces of red and black paint. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Guardian Figure (One of a Pair)
581 – 907
Gift of Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur (AM '61, PhD '72)
2017/1.562.2
An orange rhinoceros horn snuff bottle with birds and tree branches carved on the surface in raised relief. On the top is a stopper with a bird figurine on the top.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Rhinoceros Horn Snuff Bottle
1890 – 1930
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.97

Enea Vico (Italian (culture or style))
Ornament Print: Military Trophies
1550 – 1553
Museum Purchase
1960/1.121
This exquisite Vili whistle (<em>nsiba</em>) is has two separate components: the body of the whistle is a gazelle horn that has been placed through a small, conical hole in the rounded base of a delicately carved wooden cap. Upon this cap, two nearly identical birds, with their talons clutching the base, stand face-to-face and chest-to-chest, grasping onto a single spherical object representing a peanut between their open beaks. Given this motif, the carving naturally possesses a high degree of symmetry and balance. The cap is further embellished by a smooth and polished finish.
Vili (Kongo) (Vili)
Whistle
1850 – 1900
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.181
This imposing, anthropomorphic Songye <em>nkisi</em>, or power figure, stands upright and features an assemblage of man-made, vegetal, and animal components. Most strikingly, a large antelope horn protrudes vertically from the figure’s head, and two animal teeth have been affixed to the corners of its mouth giving the appearance of fangs. Bearing wide, alert eyes, this fearsome figure is enswathed by civet and monkey skin. Horns, including a smaller one inserted into a larger one, have been tightly strapped around the figure’s chest. Also attached to the figure are seed pods, an ax blade, and glass beads. A medicine bundle carrying feathers and a horn hangs behind the figure's back.
Songye (Songye)
Power Figure
1935 – 1945
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.229
A yellow circular glass snuff bottle with ridges on the sides. On the top is an agate stopper in a horn collar.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Glass snuff bottle
1900 – 1940
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.133
A rhinoceros horn snuff bottle in the shape of a man with his arms open.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Rhinoceros horn carving snuff bottle
1780 – 1880
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.60
This zoomorphic Luba <em>nkisi mihake</em>, or “malevolent” power object, depicts a dog of a fierce and formidable character. Sculpted out of wood, the dog has been carefully covered in animal fur, creating a graphic mimetic effect. The dog’s tail stands nearly upright, signaling a commanding and attentive posture. Most striking, however, are the antelope horns, stuffed with medicinal substances, as well as the metal blades that have been affixed throughout the dog’s trunk and underbelly.
Luba (Luba (culture or style))
Power Figure
1925 – 1935
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.214
This stoneware figure of an zoomorphic form is sitting on all fours with hooved legs, a lion face, two red horns on its head, and spikes extending down the back. This figure has traces of red and black paint.&nbsp;
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Guardian Figure (One of a pair)
581 – 907
Gift of Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur (AM '61, PhD '72)
2017/1.562.1
A porcelain white cylindrical shaped snuff bottle. Painted on the front is a design of a red and orange Demon Queller. On the top is a ivory or horn stopper with a brass collar.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Snuff bottle with painted design of Zhong Gui, the Demon Queller
1900 – 1940
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.116
A red octogonal glass snuff bottle with carnelian stopper set in a horn collar.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Glass snuff bottle
1720 – 1820
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.138
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