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Unknown maker - Snuff-box and associated item
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- Source of title proper: Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials
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Custodial history
[Source - Nessa Leibhammer for FHYA, 2015: Jonathan Lowen is an ex South African living in London. He sourced items from a wide range of places including antique dealers, markets such as Portabello Road, auction sales, etc. The collection was purchased by wealthy Johannesburg businessman and philanthropist, Harry Oppenheimer, and placed on on-term loan with the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) in 1987. (Info from Karel Nel to Nessa Leibhammer, 12 October 2014) See: also Sandra Klopper, ‘South Africa’s Culture of Collecting: The Unofficial History’, African Arts, Winter 2004, 18-24.]
Scope and content
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018: File contains an object identified by Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials as a 'snuff-box' acquired by Harry Oppenheimer for the Brenthurst Library from Jonathan Lowen. The Brenthurst Collection is on long term loan to the Johannesburg Art Gallery.
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[Source - Nessa Leibhammer for FHYA, 2015: Accession numbers had already been allocated to the objects in the collection before it was sold to Harry Oppenheimer and the numbering system was retained by JAG: the initials JL stand for ‘Jonathan Lowen’; the following number indicates which type grouping the object falls into: A – Figure; B –Doll; C – Staff; D – Stool; E – Headrest; F – Smoking-pipe; G – Snuff-box; H – Snuff-spoon; J - Vessel wood; K - Vessel clay; L – Vessel gourd; N – Spoon; P – Earplugs, hairpins, anklets etc; R – Club; S – Knives; U – Beadwork; W – Apron; X - Miscellaneous. The numeral(s) that follow are the number of the item within the grouping. These accession numbers are distinct from the numbers given to objects owned by the JAG.]
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- Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) (Online curation)
- Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) (Custody)
- Oppenheimer Family (Ownership)
- Jonathan Lowen (Collection)
- No attribution (Making)
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