Horn

Description

Horn of red stained ivory bound with cordage at the wider end, and mouthpiece carved near smaller knobbed end: part of the regalia of Kwamin Intsiaku, Chief of Sarman: Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Asante people, pre 1903

Museum reference

A.1906.517.6

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Horn

Production information

Unknown
Sarman, Central Region, Ghana, Western Africa

Date

Pre 1903

Style / Culture

Asante

Materials

Ivory

Physical description

Ivory, stained

Associations

Previous owner: Kwamin Intsiaku

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Man and Music (16 Aug 1983 - 15 Jan 1984)
  Royal Scottish Museum

On display

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