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Object Number
20-29-50/B2195.2
Display Title
Tusks containing medicine
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament, animal horn, hollow, perforated at tip.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Fang
- Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Horn
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 3.2 x 3.7 cm (6 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
20-29-50/B2195.2
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-29-50/B2195.1 | Tusks containing medicine |
Raw Material
Ornament |
Cameroon
| |
| 20-29-50/B2195.4 | Tusks containing medicine |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Cameroon
| |
| 20-29-50/B2195.3 | Tusks containing medicine |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Cameroon
| |
| 20-29-50/B2196 | Divining tusk (imitation ebony tusks of "ngi" society containing "medicine" |
Carving
|
Cameroon
| |
| 34-91-50/518 | Cow charm - collar hung with knobs of wood, tusks of forest pig, + |
Ornament
|
Kaimosi
| |
| 2004.1.555 | Ornaments, boar tusks and tusk fragments, top wrapped with hide, fiber tie |
Ornament
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 46-78-70/2365 | Ornament composed of 4 boar tusks |
Ornament
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 2004.1.319 | Boars tusks |
Ornament
| ||
| 67-9-60/137 | Gorget made of hog's tusks |
Ornament
|
Asia
| |
| 64-18-70/4313 | Miscellaneous pig tusks used as scrapers (wam aik) |
Ornament
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 46-78-70/2367 | Breast ornament composed of 4 boar tusks held together by cord |
Ornament
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 46-78-70/2366 | Ornament of 2 boar tusks |
Ornament
|
Papua New Guinea
|