Horn (animal part)
37-22-34
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-34 |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Krim |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Description | Woman's head carved at top. Side-blown; the rectangular mouthpiece is cut in an elliptical relief area. The ornamentation consists chiefly of raised rings and of flat bands in low relief bearing an incised herring-bone pattern. The middle portion is hexagonal in sections. The horn is carried by an attendant of the Chief when the latter is on tour and blown to give notice of his approach. It is also blown to summon the people of his own town for any purpose, when he is at home. |
| Height | 16.83 cm |
| Length | 65.25 cm |
| Width | 0 cm |
| Depth | 7.62 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 299 - Collector Number |
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