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Object Number
20-29-50/B2203
Display Title
Ivory war horns
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Horn, tusk, hollow, diamond shaped perforated mouthpiece, burnished black
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Fang
- Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 48.2 x 7 x 4.5 cm (19 x 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
20-29-50/B-2203
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-29-50/B2203.1 | Ivory war horns |
Woodwind
|
Cameroon
| |
| 20-29-50/B2203.3 | Ivory war horns |
Woodwind
|
Cameroon
| |
| 20-29-50/B2203.2 | Ivory war horns |
Woodwind
|
Cameroon
| |
| 98-3-50/51314 | Ivory war horn |
Woodwind
|
Africa
| |
| 22-2-50/B3619 | Ivory war horn, carved |
Woodwind
|
Cameroon
| |
| 18-21-50/B2087 | Ivory war horn |
Woodwind
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B2925 | Carved ivory war horn |
Woodwind
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3412 | Ivory war-calling horn |
Woodwind
|
Cameroon
| |
| 15-28-50/B667 | Ivory horn |
Woodwind
|
Zaire
| |
| 29-76-50/H1156 | Old ivory horn |
Woodwind
|
Liberia
| |
| 24-32-50/B3755 | Ivory horn |
Woodwind
|
Congo
| |
| 65-3-50/10705 | Elephant ivory horn. Bird motif on the distal end and a plant fiber strap. |
Woodwind
|
Zaire
|