Snuff stick

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

According to donor notes, this snuff stick reportedly belonged to Ezzie Brown, a descendant of enslaved persons on Saint Simons Island off the coast of Georgia. A snuff stick shaped like a small shovel with a long thin handle.

Catalog date

1890s-1900s

Recorded places

Glynn County, Georgia, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Slavery; Tobacco

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