Drinking Horn
AF593
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF593 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Horn (animal part) |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Ornamented drinking horn; mouth of vessel is oval shaped; body of horn slightly bends, until end tapers to a point; object is incised with a geometric pattern of small diamonds and triangles; appears to have faces carved around the opening; dark brown in color |
| Length | 22 cm |
| Width | 8.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 977 - Other Number |
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