2 horns suspended from rope of beads

Made:
1880-1920
2 horns suspended from rope of beads 2 horns suspended from rope of beads

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2 horns suspended from rope of beads
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

2 horns suspended from rope of beads
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

2 horns suspended from rope of beads, used as containers by medicine man, possibly South African, 1880-1920; attached label notes provenance as South Africa, label on base of one horn notes South Africa

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A200494
Materials:
horn, beads, glass, ? material and wood
type:
container
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)