Cattleman's horn with long cane shaft

Made:: 1851-1910

Cattleman's horn with long cane shaft, from Rio Bamba, Ecuador
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Cattleman's horn with long cane shaft, from Rio Bamba, Ecuador, 1851-1910

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A89009

Materials:: cane, bamboo, horn and leather

Measurements:: length 1430 mm
shaft: diameter 26 mm
horn: width 59 mm
mouth piece: diameter 18 mm

type:: horns

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Cattleman's horn with long cane shaft

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