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Object Number
21-28-50/B2865
Display Title
Fetish of cut down elephant tusk
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Powder horn?, tusk, perforated 1 end with spiral metal loop, stoppered end, burn
Classification
- Powder Horn
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Ivory, Metal, Organic material
Dimensions
Overall: 31.8 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm (12 1/2 x 1 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
21-28-50/B-2865
Provenance
Collector
George Schwab
(1918)
Seller
Donated by
George Schwab
(1921)
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