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LicenseHorn torch made by the Ganda tribe
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Horn torch made by the Ganda tribe, has pointed metal mount at end, copper bound rim, fitted with resin, Ugandan, 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A34977
- Materials:
- horn, iron and rim, copper
- Measurements:
-
length 252 mm
height 80 mm
rim: diameter 50 mm
- type:
- torches
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
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