Drinking Horn
AF590
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF590 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bushongo | Bangongo |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Technique | Carved |
Description | Drinking horn, carved; Wooden imitation of buffalo horn; Mouth of horn is oblong in shape; body taper to pointed base; hole through horn at base end; small hole found near the mouth of the vessel; the designs on the horn are kalonge-longe, concentric circles; the ellipitcal pattern, lebembe, the iguana; also a zigzag pattern; small raised knobs; object is dark brown in color Only a man who has killed an enemy in battle, or a leopard, is allowed to use these vessels. Similiar to AF588, AF589 |
Length | 37 cm |
Width | 12.3 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 518 - Other Number |
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