Powder Horn Item Number: K2.2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Yellow, curved, horn covered with brown bands of vegetable fibre embroidery and raised linear borders. Thin outer brown leather is molded over thick skin. There is brown fibre twine tied to the neck.
History Of Use
For powder
Item History
- Made in Africa
- Owned by British Museum before August 1960
- Received from British Museum (Exchanger) during August 1960
What
- Name
- Powder Horn
- Identification Number
- K2.2
- Type of Item
- horn
- Material
- palm leaf, horn, leather skin, skin and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- tooled, embroidered, moulded and sewn
- Overall
- height 21.3 cm, width 5.5 cm, depth 45.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Hausa ?
- Previous Owner
- British Museum
- Received from
- British Museum (Exchanger)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Africa
When
- Ownership Date
- before August 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during August 1960
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0022/0040