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Drinking horn

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Throughout the grasslands, drinking horns are among the most prized possessions of kings and heads of families. Palm wine is drunk from them and poured out (i.e. sacrificed) on ceremonial occasions for the protection and well-being of the community. Decorated with ornaments

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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Object type
Trinkhorn
Dimensions
D 8 cm
Material/Technique
horn (animal material)
Object genre
domestic utensil
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2367
Other number(s)
2367 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    where
    Region Nordwesten
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    before 1911
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Dorbritz, Paul - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1911
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
    Description
    P. Dorbritz donated the object to the Linden Museum.
  • Change of physical control:
    Exchange
    when
    15.12.1971
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
    Description
    JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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