- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Carved drinking horn. The narrow end has been carved into three knobs of descending size. [CW [OPS Move] 16/2/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Marakwet
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1968
- Date collected
- 1968
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1968
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Horn, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 110 mm, Width: max 97 mm, Length: max 331 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1968.20.20 Other numbers: E103
Search terms: Vessel, Food and Drink, Status, Animalia, Animal Part, Food Accessory
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