Cow horn. With a ground down tip and with perforation at the open, broad end. [LKG 15/07/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cow horn. With a ground down tip and with perforation at the open, broad end. [LKG 15/07/2010]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya; Chemolingot
Cultural groups: Pokot
Person: Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon; PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon; PRM source Anthony de Vere
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1999
Date collected: By 1999
Acquisition information: Donated: 1999
Materials and processes: Material Cattle Horn Animal, Process Ground, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Diameter: max 50 mm, Length: max 155 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1999.15.5
Associated publications: See article in Azania XXV 1990 pp 57 - 67: 'Pokot pastoralists shape the horns of selected oxen and goats by using ground-stone axe-hammers (kögh po eghin for oxen; kögh po kweghe for goats). They are regarded as their most prized possessions after the cattle themselves ... They are owned by individual families but are considered communal property which can be borrowed when required without payment ... Axe-hammers, particularly those for oxen, are handed on from one generation to another ... Illustration of these 6 objects on page 63.