Tobacco horn

Museum number:
5-6869
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
49 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Native name: Abur Eriang Tobacco horn (snuff container); wood; hollow animal horn shape; bound at larger end with leather, at bottom with brass wire; brass shell casing inserted over neck; length of chain attached to paper plug and into leather binding; l. 10 cm; dia. 3 cm. Worn by men to carry tobacco, snuff; may be worn around neck or fastened to upper arm Made by Men
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Dec 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco horn, accession number 5-6869, described as Native name: Abur Eriang Tobacco horn (snuff container); wood; hollow animal horn shape; bound at larger end with leather, at bottom with brass wire; brass shell casing inserted over neck; length of chain attached to paper plug and into leather binding; l. 10 cm; dia. 3 cm. Worn by men to carry tobacco, snuff; may be worn around neck or fastened to upper arm Made by Men
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco horn, accession number 5-6869, described as Native name: Abur Eriang Tobacco horn (snuff container); wood; hollow animal horn shape; bound at larger end with leather, at bottom with brass wire; brass shell casing inserted over neck; length of chain attached to paper plug and into leather binding; l. 10 cm; dia. 3 cm. Worn by men to carry tobacco, snuff; may be worn around neck or fastened to upper arm Made by Men

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