Horn Fetish
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2005
label: Collection Date
content: Late 1850s
name: label: Collector
content: John S. Brooks
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Candace Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: 3 horns and 2 seeds(?), tied together with string. The large horn has a hole drilled in the tip for the string. The other end is wrapped in cloth and string, and then wrapped with a strip of leather, completely covering the cloth except for a small damaged area. The second and third horns are wrapped with cloth and knotted string on the wider ends, and the smaller one has a red glass bead stitched to the end. The two seed-shaped items are completely covered in knotted string, and one has a cowrie shell stitched to the end.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2029672
label: USNM Number
content: E432126-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fetish
physicalDescription: label: Length - Largest Horn
content: 15 cm
label: Width - Largest Horn
content: 5 cm
label: Maximum Height - Largest Horn
content: 2.6 cm