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Object Number
37-77-50/2894
Display Title
Raw material: sheep horn
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Horns, curved, tapered, filled with unknown substance.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Horn
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms
Ganta, vicinity of
Materials
Horn
Dimensions
Overall: 25 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm (9 13/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
37-77-50/2894
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1936-1937)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1936-1937)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37-77-50/2893 | Raw material: goat horn |
Raw Material
Horn |
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2892 | Pair of antelope horns filled with "medicine" to accompany "head" of Snake Society |
Horn
Raw Material |
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2897 | Horn filled with medicine - snake society |
Horn
Raw Material |
Liberia
| |
| 17-41-50/B1974 | Dik-dik? horns as amulet |
Horn
|
Congo
| |
| 37-77-50/2896 | Small horn: "head of snake society" |
Horn
Raw Material |
Liberia
| |
| 39-39-50/4536 | Gazella horn - stuck in ground at entrance of one of Siga caves; white fowls, ch |
Horn
|
Uganda
| |
| 22-2-50/B3034.10 | Divining horns, containing medicine |
Medicine bundle
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 37-77-50/2898 | Horn: "bad medicine" - snake society |
Ornament
Raw Material |
Liberia
| |
| 39-39-50/4137 | Oxen horn for storage ("ihembi") |
Horn
|
Uganda
| |
| 33-3-10/382 | Mountain sheep horns |
Raw Material
Horn |
Site SR 12-5
| |
| 71-19-40/5830 | Horns of Capra w/ tips missing; Horn cores, partial, from sheep |
Faunal Remain
|
Lake Dwelling
| |
| 29-5-10/A6459 | Sheep horns |
Raw Material
Horn |
Site 21
|