![Rare Chavin Carved Bone Snuff Tube (Hallucinogens): Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 BCE. A hand-carved bone snuff tube used for inhaling hallucinogenic substances. Carved from a mammalian bone, though not necessarily human,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178526042_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
Bone Snuff Boxes & Tobacco Boxes
![Rare Chavin Carved Bone Snuff Tube (Hallucinogens): Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 BCE. A hand-carved bone snuff tube used for inhaling hallucinogenic substances. Carved from a mammalian bone, though not necessarily human,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178526042_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
News about Bone Snuff Boxes & Tobacco Boxes
![Crews uncover prehistoric bone fragment in southwest Florida](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/2011_0623_Mammoth_Mammut_model_lead.jpg)
Crews uncover prehistoric bone fragment in southwest Florida
CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) – Crews who were working on an underground utilities extension project in southwest Florida uncovered a bone fragment that could 2.6 million years old.
![Bone recovered from shipwreck not from notorious pirate](https://c1.liveauctioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/750px-Flag_of_Edward_England.svg_.png)
Bone recovered from shipwreck not from notorious pirate
YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) – A bone fragment recovered from a Cape Cod shipwreck is not from infamous pirate Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy after all.
Lawsuit lands Mongolian dinosaur bone in federal court
DENVER (AP) – A lawsuit in Denver’s U.S. District Court names a “fossilized Tyrannosaurus bataar skull” as the defendant. The legal maneuver essentially repatriates the skull, 67 million years after the dinosaur’s demise, as if it were a living, breathing Mongolian citizen. The giant oval skull with long razor teeth will soon join a worldwide […]
![Vatican unveils bone fragments said to be St. Peter’s](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013_1125_Pope-peter_pprubens_lead.jpg)
Vatican unveils bone fragments said to be St. Peter’s
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican publicly unveiled a handful of bone fragments purportedly belonging to St. Peter on Sunday, reviving the scientific debate and tantalizing mystery over whether the relics found in a shoe box truly belong to the first pope. The nine pieces of bone sat nestled like rings in a jewel box […]