Horn (animal part)

30-13-3

From: Angola

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 30-13-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ovimbundu
Provenience Angola
Section African
Materials Bone
Description

Are shaped, ridged horn except tip which is unridged. Contains substance inside where it has been carved hollow. Twig and paste like mass. Prepared by witch doctor as a talisman.

Length 42 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. T. W. Woodside, 1930

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