
Carved buffalo horn
- Made:
- 1980-2010



A carved buffalo horn, 24in. High
Stephen Hawking's Office is decorated with multiple souvenirs and gifts from his travels around the world. They represent a variety of cultures, and the subset that remained in the office was chosen for its visual character, though this was sometimes accompanied by underlying symbollism.
Details
- Category:
- Stephen Hawking Office
- Collection:
- Stephen Hawking’s Office
- Object Number:
- 2021-561/394
- Materials:
- horn and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 618 mm x 170 mm x 200 mm, .7 kg
- credit:
- Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H M Government from the Estate of Stephen Hawking and allocated to the Science Museum, 2021