Tiny antelope horn with shell filled with medicine, towolo's personal+

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Object Number 48-36-50/7314

Display Title Tiny antelope horn with shell filled with medicine, towolo's personal+

Descriptions

Object Description Tiny antelope horn with shell filled with medicine, towolo's personal+

Inventory Description Medicine bundle, small perforated horn with cowry shells, fur attached.

Classification

Medicine bundle

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Mano

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia

Additional Geographic Terms Mogbin

Materials Horn, Shell, Fur, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 4.2 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm (1 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 48-36-50/7314

Provenance

Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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48-36-50/7311	Towolo's clay cone of medicine which is to wet and rub over armlet 50/7310 to gi	Medicine bundle	Liberia
48-36-50/7313	Towolo's personal messenger piece - very old bell made in Europe, attached to tongs.	Mechanical	Liberia
48-36-50/7310	Towolo's ceremonial armlet worn above elbow, iron wire wound with string and cla	Jewelry	Liberia
48-36-50/7309	Towolo's ceremonial red brass necklace	Necklace	Liberia
48-36-50/7312	Small carved wooden head, towolo's hand piece	Figurine Raw Material	Liberia
37-77-50/2892	Pair of antelope horns filled with "medicine" to accompany "head" of Snake Society	Horn Raw Material	Liberia
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
41-53-50/5442	Personal medicine kit of ram's horn wrapped with crocodile skin	Medicine bundle	Liberia
2004.24.17207	Medicine bundle, leather belt with horn, horn filled with medicine, war charm		Liberia
22-2-50/B3034.2	Divining horns, containing medicine	Raw Material Medicine bundle	Cameroon

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