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Object Number
31-22-50/B5031.1
Display Title
Medicine horn (bwanga)
Descriptions
Object Description
Bwanga (medicine, fetish horns)
* See conservation record for additional descri
Inventory Description
Ornament, horn, perforated, base stuffed with cloth, cracked
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Belgian Congo
Materials
Horn
Dimensions
Overall: 21.3 x 3.1 x 3 cm (8 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
31-22-50/B5031
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31-22-50/B5031.2 | Medicine horn (bwanga) |
Ornament
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 31-22-50/B5031 | Medicine horn (bwanga) |
Medicine bundle
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 31-22-50/B5033 | Bwanga (horn made by witch doctor) |
Faunal
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 31-22-50/B5063 | Medicine horns |
Charm
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Belgian Congo
| |
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Medicine bundle
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Mozambique
| |
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Ornament
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North America
| |
| 17-41-50/B1634 | Ivory fetish medicine (masques) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1635 | Ivory fetish medicine (masques) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1633.1 | Ivory fetish medicine (masques) - 1 half |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1636 | Ivory fetish medicine (masques) |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1643 | Ivory fetish medicine (masque) carved with figures |
Carving
|
Congo
Angola | |
| 17-41-50/B1633.2 | Ivory fetish medicine (masques) - 1 half |
Carving
|
Belgian Congo
|