Powder horn consisting of gourd covered in black and white goat skin, with a separate stopper/lid [.2]. [AF [OPS Move] 11/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Powder horn consisting of gourd covered in black and white goat skin, with a separate stopper/lid [.2]. [AF [OPS Move] 11/7/2017]
Long description: Powder horn consisting of gourd covered in black and white goat skin, with a separate stopper/lid [.2]. The gourd has a globular bottom section and an elongated, tubular upper section, which has been cut to form the hole for contents. Goat skin has been sewn around the surface. There is black fur at the base and white on the rest. The top of the globular section has been decorated with a band of black-haired skin with a strip of white-haired skin woven through linear perforations. [AF [OPS Move] 11/7/2017]
Geographical reference: Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon; West Cameroon Bamenda
Person: Field collector Andrew Baring; PRM source Andrew Baring
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1960
Date collected: 1960 - 1963
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1964
Materials and processes: Material Gourd Plant, Material Goat Skin Animal, Process Stitched, Process Perforated, Process Woven
Dimensions: Diameter: max 125 mm, Height: max 270 mm total, Diameter: max 125 mm total, Height: max 212 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1964.10.030.1