Vessel horn, part of rain maker's outfit. [ASh [OPS move] 12/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Vessel horn, part of rain maker's outfit. [ASh [OPS move] 12/5/2017]
Long description: Horn vessel, probably that of a bush buck deer. There horn is dark in colour, possibly black and there is a curve in the body of the horn. Packed with a dark coloured substance. [ASh [OPS move] 12/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Western Region [Hoima, Kibale, Masindi districts] / Bunyoro-Kitara
Cultural groups: Nyoro
Person: Field collector John Roscoe; Field collector Mackie Ethnological Expedition; PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: circa 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 1921
Materials and processes: Material Animal Horn, Material Deer Antler Animal, Process Stuffed
Dimensions: Depth: max 56 mm, Length: max 338 mm, Width: max 59 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.9.129
Research and responses: Rev. John Roscoe The Soul of Central Africa, A General Account of The Mackie Ethnological Expedition, London 1922. Balfour Library Reference : Africa 8
Also: Roscoe The Northern Bantu, Cambridge 1915. Balfour Library Africa 8

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