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Description:
This horn was side blown on the concave curve where the tusk cavity ends. At the tip of the tusk is a carved face with mitre-like headdress. The ivory is quite discoloured and there is some erosion at the base.
Source: Helen Coleman
| Object details | |
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| Type of object: | |
| Type category: | Implements and utensils |
| Material: | |
| Width: | 50 mm |
| Height: | 510 mm |
| Depth: | 125 mm |
| Origin | |
| Style/Period: | Unknown/unspecified |
| Date range: | 1900-1999 CE |
| Discovery site: | Unknown/unspecified |
| Environment: | |
| Creator | |
| Technique: | |
| Personal name: | - |
| Role: | - |
| Culture: | Yombe |
| Record data | |
| Artworld id: | 10255 |
| Current accession number: | UEA 743 |
| Former accession number: | - |
| Credit line: | Horn with mask. Africa, Zaire or Congo Republic: Yombe. 20th century. Elephant ivory.h.49.5cm. Acquired 1979. UEA 743. |
| Recorded by: | SA |
| Record date: | Thu, 1st Jan 1970 |
| Copyright: | Copyright© by the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich, 2002. All Rights reserved |