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War medicine

Main historical catalogue: "Antelope horn with a long pointed iron shoe, used as war medicine by the Wassiba chiefs. Several such horns are stuck in a bundle of hay lying in the front room of the hut to the side of the door. 62 cm lg. Wassiba"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wassiba
Object type
War medicine
Dimensions
Weight: 0,55 kg
Height: 63 cm
Width: 8,5 cm
Depth: 14 cm
Objektmaß: cm L: 62 cm
Material/Technique
Horn (antelope), Iron, Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 4777

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    who
    Wassiba
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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