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Object Number
39-64-50/3455
Display Title
Ombindulf, antelope horn with magic properties, used by the priest to make an en
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Ombinduli
Object Description
Ombindulf, antelope horn with magic properties, used by the priest to make an enclosure safe from lions or other prowlers
Inventory Description
Horn, hollow, filled with unknwon substance
Classification
- Raw Material
- Container
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ovimbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Additional Geographic Terms
Benguela Highlands
Materials
Animal horn
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 5.5 x 5 cm (8 1/4 x 2 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-64-50/3455
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