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Object Number 35-50-50/1382.2
Display Title Medicine horns- part of medicine man's equipment
Descriptions
Inventory Description Horn, ridged surface, tip worn or worked, butt end plugged w/ resin/dirt, w/ sm.
Classification
  • Horn
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Tanganyika
Dimensions Overall: 29.8 x 4.3 x 2.9 cm (11 3/4 x 1 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-50-50/1382.2

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