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Object Number
2011.19.50
Display Title
Powder horn with leather covering, leather strap, horn or bone stopper
Descriptions
Object Description
Powder horn; 2 stitched pieces of leather cover it, black leather strap connects both ends, horn or bone stopper, stopper has indentation to wrap leather around it, stopper carved into tapering cylinder with top rounded to a point, x-shaped patterns are visible in the leather pieces, leather stitched together in a circular pattern at base
Inventory Description
Powder horn, covered with incised leather, black leather strap at ends, horn or bone stopper attached with leather to strap
Classification
- Powder Horn
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c. 1979 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
Materials
Animal horn? Wood? Leather Bone?
Dimensions
Other: 29.5 x 8.9 x 5.6 cm (11 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.50
Credit Line
Gift of André J. Navez, Harvard '55
Provenance
Collector
André J. Navez
(-7/19/2011)
Donor
Donated by
André J. Navez
(-7/19/2011)
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