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1945.9.65

Horn cup. [MOBB [OPS move] 28/06/2016]

1945.9.65

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Collection type
Object
Description
Horn cup. [MOBB [OPS move] 28/06/2016]
Long description
Horn cup with stem and foot, made from two parts. Polished and decorated with double incised band below rim and four incised bands at the base. Tool marks are visible on the inside. [MOBB [OPS move] 28/06/2016]
Geographical reference
Ethiopia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Ethiopia
Person
Field collector Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
PRM source Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1934-1935
Date collected
1934-1935
Acquisition information
Donated: 1945
Materials and processes
Material Animal Horn, Material Metal, Material Buffalo Cattle Horn Animal, Process Polished, Process Incised
Dimensions
Diameter: max 87 mm, Height: max 109 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1945.9.65
Research and responses

For a brief account of the collections donated to the PRM by Wilfred Thiesiger, see 'An Incidental Collection: Objects Donated by Wilfred Thesiger to the Pitt Rivers Museum', by Jeremy Coote, in Wilfred Thesiger in Africa, edited by Christopher Morton and Philip N. Grover (London: Harper Press, 2010), pp. 116-26. [JC 21 12 2010]

Search terms: Vessel, Food and Drink, Cup, Food Accessory

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