Animal horn

Museum number:
5-5873
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050005873
Accession number:
Acc.2171
Description:
medicine charm; horn of small black deer; ordinarily contains medicine; length 7.5 cm
Donor:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection place:
Kle, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Kle; Gola
Culture or time period:
Gola
Collector:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Horns (animal components)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Animal horn, accession number 5-5873, described as medicine charm; horn of small black deer; ordinarily contains medicine; length 7.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Animal horn, accession number 5-5873, described as medicine charm; horn of small black deer; ordinarily contains medicine; length 7.5 cm

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