Description :A small antiquary fashioned out of hollow animal horn and embellished with silver sheath both at the top and bottom. This conical shape object is called snaro / snatha/thun-rowhich is a snuff-box.
The tobacco used in this box is called philling which is a powdered thing for sniffing snaro / snatha was very popular among the elderly folks, and they used to keep them fastened by their waist.
The tradition of using snaro is out of fashion today. Thun-ro is specially used by the high lamas to store consecrated mustard seeds to use during ceremonies.
Source :Sikkim State Archives
Type :Object
Received From :Sikkim State Archives
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Sikkim
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2019-10-31T15:43:08Z
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2019-10-31T15:43:08Z
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A small antiquary fashioned out of hollow animal horn and embellished with silver sheath both at the top and bottom. This conical shape object is called snaro / snatha/thun-rowhich is a snuff-box.
The tobacco used in this box is called philling which is a powdered thing for sniffing snaro / snatha was very popular among the elderly folks, and they used to keep them fastened by their waist.
The tradition of using snaro is out of fashion today. Thun-ro is specially used by the high lamas to store consecrated mustard seeds to use during ceremonies.
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