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AF2361

From: Kenya | British East Africa | Ukamba

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF2361
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Akamba
Provenience Kenya | British East Africa | Ukamba
Section African
Materials Horn (animal part) | Copper | Copper Alloy | Aluminum | Wax
Description

"Used by young men in hunting." Antelope horn wound with copper and aluminum wire; copper chain attached; end of horn filled with wax into which six small green and three small yellow beads have been pressed.

Length 32 cm
Outside Diameter 3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lawson S. Propst and William Wight, 1916

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