Pair of horns perforated at their bases and lashed loosely together with string

Pair of horns perforated at their bases and lashed loosely together with string

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Pair of horns perforated at their bases and lashed loosely together with string, medicine man's, Sudanese, 1880-1930

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657372
Materials:
horn and string
Measurements:
overall: length 735 mm
max: diameter 64 mm
single horn: length 340 mm
type:
medicine man's outfits
credit:
Glendining