"Gaffa": horn end, used to make small drinking glasses for spirits, and such too

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Object Number 973-42-50/11707

Display Title "Gaffa": horn end, used to make small drinking glasses for spirits, and such too

Descriptions

Indigenous Term Gaffa

Object Description "Gaffa": horn end, used to make small drinking glasses for spirits, and such tools as spindles. This protion of horn also used to make earrings.

Inventory Description Horn implement, 1 end of horn, solid, partially drilled at flared end.

Classification

Tools

Department Ethnographic

Date 1972

Culture

Machagalla

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Ethiopia / Northern Wallega

Additional Geographic Terms Lemu; Gidda Kiramu; Hero Guduru; Awaraja

Materials Horn

Dimensions Overall: 7.4 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm (2 15/16 x 1 13/16 x 1 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 973-42-50/11707

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