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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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