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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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