Powder Horn
AF847
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF847 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ivory | Horn (animal part) | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Ivory tusk, used as a vessel to hold powder. Opening at each end, larger end is stuffed with some type of filling (plant fiber-root or reed?). Small black dots are sporadic on 3/4 of horn. Two holes near rim of larger opening. There are two indentations 3/4 of the way on the front side of horn. |
| Length | 26 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
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