Horn

Museum number:
5-1508
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001508
Accession number:
Acc.1298
Description:
Horn, cow, used to call people from field to accompany Poro spirit impersonators.
Donor:
Charles Gordon
Collection place:
Monrovia, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Bassa - Monrovia
Culture or time period:
Bassa
Materials:
Horn (animal material) (cow)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Horns (animal components)
Function:
7.2 Sound Communication
Accession date:
1959
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1971-1972 #45: Redway Elementary School/Barbara Arnold (November 3, 1971–December 3, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Horn, accession number 5-1508, described as Horn, cow, used to call people from field to accompany Poro spirit impersonators.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Horn, accession number 5-1508, described as Horn, cow, used to call people from field to accompany Poro spirit impersonators.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Horn, accession number 5-1508, described as Horn, cow, used to call people from field to accompany Poro spirit impersonators.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Horn, accession number 5-1508, described as Horn, cow, used to call people from field to accompany Poro spirit impersonators.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Horn, accession number 5-1508, described as Horn, cow, used to call people from field to accompany Poro spirit impersonators.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Horn, accession number 5-1508, described as Horn, cow, used to call people from field to accompany Poro spirit impersonators.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Horn, accession number 5-1508, described as Horn, cow, used to call people from field to accompany Poro spirit impersonators.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Horn, accession number 5-1508, described as Horn, cow, used to call people from field to accompany Poro spirit impersonators.

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