Snuff spoon
A snuff spoon is a tiny spoon used for nasal insufflation of powdered substances. In the ancient time the spoons were used to ingest psychotropic substances,[1] in the 18th century − tobacco,[2] in the 20th century − cocaine (the spoon is thus also known as a cocaine spoon or coke spoon). Some local statutes in the US treat this spoon as drug paraphernalia, defining it as a spoon that is too small and thus "unsuited for the typical, lawful uses of a spoon".[3]
These spoons are so small that they are frequently mistaken for the toy ones. The designs of the snuff spoons closely followed that of the larger ones, and thus can be used to date the
History
Snuff spoons have a very long history. Archeologists found them, for example, at
In England, powdered snuff appeared at the end of the 17th century, and quickly became popular along with the devices for its consumption.
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In the US, McDonald's provides straight swizzle sticks to stir the coffee, while in the rest of the world a small plastic stirring spoon is used. According to Graybosch, this is due to the 1960s rumor that the spoons can be used to snort cocaine.[9]
References
- ^ Childress 2012, The Lost World of South America.
- ^ a b Hopkins 1897, p. 55.
- ^ "Code of ordinances village of Dundee, Michigan. Chapter 51". Village of Dundee.
- ^ Jackson 1911, p. 537.
- ^ Burger 2011, pp. 123, 131.
- ^ Wild 1939, p. 18.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Antiques and Collectibles 1983, p. 376.
- ^ Phipps 1974, p. 531.
- ^ Graybosch 2004, p. 96.
Sources
- Hopkins, Tighe (1897). "The Spoon". The Leisure Hour. Vol. 47. W. Stevens, printer. pp. 51–56. OCLC 145390810.
- Burger, Richard (December 2011). "What kind of hallucinogenic snuff was used at Chavín de Huántar? An iconographic identification". Ñawpa Pacha. 31 (2): 123–140. S2CID 191965354.
- Wild, R. P. (February 1939). "17. The Manufacture of a 'Ntiriba' Hairpin at Obuasi, Ashanti". Man. 39: 17–18. JSTOR 2793128.
- Graybosch, Anthony 1. (1 January 2004). "American Beauty". Deconstruction and Reconstruction. BrillL. pp. 91–101. ISBN 9789042016811.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link - Childress, David Hatcher (2012). Ancient Technology in Peru & Bolivia. Adventures Unlimited Press. OCLC 788245749.
- Encyclopedia of Antiques and Collectibles (1983). "Snuff Box". The Official Encyclopedia of Antiques and Collectibles. House of Collectibles. p. 376. OCLC 9626297.
- Jackson, Charles James (1911). "The spoon and its history: Its form, material, and development". An Illustrated History of English Plate, Ecclesiastical and Secular: In which the Development of Form and Decoration in the Silver and Gold Work of the British Isles, from the Earliest Known Examples to the Latest of the Georgian Period, is Delineated and Described, Volume 2. "Country life," limited. pp. 470–537. OCLC 1074655150.
- Phipps, Frances (1974). "Snuff Box". The Collector's Complete Dictionary of American Antiques. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Books. p. 531. ISBN 0-385-03337-0.