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Object Number
31-22-50/B5031
Display Title
Medicine horn (bwanga)
Descriptions
Object Description
Bwanga (medicine, fetish horns)
* See conservation record for additional description *
Inventory Description
Medicine bundle, horn with leather plug, smaller horn and beads on leather tie
Classification
- Medicine bundle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1931 or earlier
Culture
- Luba-Samba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Belgian Congo
Dimensions
Overall: 22.6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (8 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
31-22-50/B5031
Credit Line
Peabody Museum Purchase
Provenance
Collector
Mr. E. I. Everett
(1925-1930 - 1931)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31-22-50/B5031.1 | Medicine horn (bwanga) |
Ornament
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 31-22-50/B5031.2 | Medicine horn (bwanga) |
Ornament
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 31-22-50/B5033 | Bwanga (horn made by witch doctor) |
Faunal
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 49-14-50/8494 | Antelope horns of "medicine" put on head of child when it first begins to run ab |
Medicine bundle
|
Mozambique
| |
|
| 49-14-50/8494.1 | Antelope horns of "medicine" put on head of child when it first begins to run ab |
Medicine bundle
|
Mozambique
| |
|
| 49-14-50/8494.2 | Antelope horns of "medicine" put on head of child when it first begins to run ab |
Medicine bundle
|
Mozambique
| |
| 22-2-50/B3034.10 | Divining horns, containing medicine |
Medicine bundle
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 2003.1.660 | Medicine bundle, horn, perforated with metal rings & bells, fur & fiber cap |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Africa
| |
| 22-2-50/B3034.2 | Divining horns, containing medicine |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3034.3 | Divining horns, containing medicine |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3034.4 | Divining horns, containing medicine |
Medicine bundle
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3034.5 | Divining horns, containing medicine |
Medicine bundle
Raw Material |
Cameroon
|