A pioneering work revelatory of meaning and ramifications …

A pioneering work revelatory of meaning and ramifications in seemingly humble artifacts—seventeenth to mid-nineteenth centuries coquilla snuff holders. This uniquely Black Atlantic artform expresses the artistry and perspective of those who had no voice in their fate – the enslaved. These small nut-carved vessels speak resoundingly of material culture’s power to testify for those who, in their own time, could not.