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Gunpowder horn

Coconut shell base with band of white tusk (5cm). Carved wooden top. String with two flat white shells and a small brown flat bead at one end. The other two ends have 1 black bead with spots and 9 tassels of small red and white (and blue) glass beads.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Gunpowder horn
Dimensions
Height: 14 cm
Diameter: 4 cm
Material/Technique
coconut shell, tusk, string, shells, glass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 21803

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Indonesia
    Lesser Sunda Islands
    Timor
    Barique
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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