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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Animal remains, accession number 6-12020, described as Horns and part of skull between, from species of cattle.

Hearst Museum object titled Bird figure, accession number 5-16826, described as horn carving of a bird with inlaid eyes (1 missing). feet and tail formed by cutting the horn and reshaping it (possibly using heat or steam).

Hearst Museum object titled Bird figurine, accession number 5-10122, described as Bird figurine, carved cattle horn, incised markings; base broken off.

Hearst Museum object titled Bird figurine, accession number 5-10121, described as Bird figurine, carved cattle horn; incised markings; height: 26.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Broken bracelets, accession number 6-5760, described as horn bracelet flat band width 2.5 cm. thin preserved enough to show it was probably open on one side and was spring on the arm the 2 open ends bring fast and by a cord passed through shall holes in the 2 ends broken

Hearst Museum object titled Broken bracelets, accession number 6-5759, described as horn bracelets flat, broken

Hearst Museum object titled Carved animal horn for drinking, accession number 5-7835, described as carved animal horn for drinking

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Cow horn fragments, accession number 6-22864, described as Cow horn fragments

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger and sheath, accession number 5-13199a,b, described as dagger and sheath; a) dagger: horn handle, metal blade with incised zigzags; l. 26.6 cm. b) sheath: wood with brass facing; l. 17 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Divining implement, accession number 5-17034, described as Device made of a piece of an animal's pointed horn. The broader end of the horn has a white button imbedded W/ some type of mastic. A plant fiber cord is attached through a hole in the horn, and tied to a short, plainly carved, straight stick.

Animal remains

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Hearst Museum object titled Bird figure, accession number 5-16826, described as horn carving of a bird with inlaid eyes (1 missing). feet and tail formed by cutting the horn and reshaping it (possibly using heat or steam).

Bird figure

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Hearst Museum object titled Bird figurine, accession number 5-10122, described as Bird figurine, carved cattle horn, incised markings; base broken off.

Bird figurine

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Hearst Museum object titled Bird figurine, accession number 5-10121, described as Bird figurine, carved cattle horn; incised markings; height: 26.2 cm.

Bird figurine

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Hearst Museum object titled Broken bracelets, accession number 6-5760, described as horn bracelet flat band width 2.5 cm. thin preserved enough to show it was probably open on one side and was spring on the arm the 2 open ends bring fast and by a cord passed through shall holes in the 2 ends broken

Broken bracelets

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Hearst Museum object titled Broken bracelets, accession number 6-5759, described as horn bracelets flat, broken

Broken bracelets

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Hearst Museum object titled Carved animal horn for drinking, accession number 5-7835, described as carved animal horn for drinking

Carved animal horn for drinking

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Cow horn fragments

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Hearst Museum object titled Dagger and sheath, accession number 5-13199a,b, described as dagger and sheath; a) dagger: horn handle, metal blade with incised zigzags; l. 26.6 cm. b) sheath: wood with brass facing; l. 17 cm.

Dagger and sheath

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Hearst Museum object titled Divining implement, accession number 5-17034, described as Device made of a piece of an animal's pointed horn. The broader end of the horn has a white button imbedded W/ some type of mastic. A plant fiber cord is attached through a hole in the horn, and tied to a short, plainly carved, straight stick.

Divining implement

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Sculpture (visual works)6 objects
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ethnography18 objects
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AfricaRemove constraint Collection place: Africa27 objects
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Current results range from 1899 to 1960

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[Missing]16 objects

George Andrew Reisner6 objects
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William A. Shack5 objects
Arthur S. Hunt2 objects
Bernard P. Grenfell2 objects
Elizabeth Colson2 objects
Hortense Powdermaker2 objects
Arthur Storhaugh1 objects
Frederick C. Gamst1 objects
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst8 objects
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Elizabeth Colson2 objects
Estate of Hortense Powdermaker2 objects
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Arthur Storhaugh1 objects
Berta Bascom1 objects
Charles Gordon1 objects
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Classical Civilizations7 objects
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Horn (animal material)Remove constraint Materials: Horn (animal material)27 objects
Leather2 objects
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Acc.47293 objects
Acc.54/56/63/1073 objects
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Minvoul, Woleu-Ntem province, Gabon1 objects

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Current results range from 1902 to 2011

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[Missing]9 objects

1.5 Household6 objects
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)2 objects
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories2 objects
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions2 objects
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)1 objects
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control1 objects
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies1 objects
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama1 objects

S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)3 objects
S1967-1968 #49: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (October 31, 1967–January 8, 1968)1 objects
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968)1 objects
S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969)1 objects
S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969)1 objects
S1976-1977 #78: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (May 3, 1977–May 5, 1977)1 objects
S1978-1979 #54: California State University, Chico (March 27, 1979–February 22, 1980)1 objects
S1981-1982 #31: Fiberworks Center for the Textile Arts (December 30, 1981–February 1, 1982)1 objects
S1984-1985 #19: Merritt College (November 7, 1984–April 22, 1985)1 objects

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