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Object Number 11-46-50/83155
Display Title Four antelope horns from 11-46-50/83148
Descriptions
Inventory Description Antelope horn, 1 with 3 cornelian inlays
Classification
  • Medicine bundle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms Benquilla, 300 mi east of
Dimensions Overall: 10.7 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm (4 3/16 x 1 1/4 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 11-46-50/83155
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1911 Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund

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