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Snuff horn on double iron chain, button and bead ornaments
Snuff horn on double iron chain, button and bead ornaments
Object Number 34-91-50/659
Display Title Snuff horn on double iron chain, button and bead ornaments
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bottle, worked horn, leather caps, metal chain, rusted, wire, glass bead/button
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maragoli
  • Hamite
  • Tereki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Western Province / Kakamega / Kaimosi
Materials Horn, Leather, Metal, Glass, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 15.6 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm (6 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/659

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