Ornament
AF812
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF812 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Cowrie | Horn (animal part) | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | Ornamented horn; horn is dark brown in color and six ridges halfway around, starting at base to the center of the object; horn tapers to a pointed end; horn is nailed to a cylindrical piece of light colored wood; wrapped around this piece of wood is a woven red, cowrie shell decorated piece of material. Worn at the hip, for purely ornamental purposes. |
| Length | 27.2 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 391 - Other Number |
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