Sheep Horn

29-96-236

From: North Africa

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-96-236
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hebrew
Provenience North Africa
Section African
Materials Leather | Sheep Horn | Metal | Wood
Description

Black sheep (?) horn covered with black leather sewn to one side. Two metal links attached to horn by holes drilled in it, attached to twisted black leather string tied to them. The string has 3 free-hanging pendants: 2 wooden cylinders, one with 2 holes and 2 links around the string, and one with 3 holes and 2 links around the string. The central pendant is of black leather - a cylinder with 2 colored-cotton braided loops hanging from one end, and a braided leather thong attaching it to the string.

Length 11 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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