Rhinoceros Horn Cup
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Oct 1930
name: label: Collector
content: Hon. Hoffman Philip
label: Donor Name
content: Hon. Hoffman Philip
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Illus. in Proceedings, USNM, vol. 40; Pl. 20, fig. 3; p. 276." Cup is described on p. 270 of the publication referenced on the card: "Drinking cup. - Turned from a single piece of rhinoceros horn. In this respect it differs from ordinary specimens, which have inserted bottoms. Such cups are usually presented to subjects who have met with his favor by the Emperor of Abyssinia. Diameter, 3 3/4 inches; height, 3 1/2 inches."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ethiopia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Abyssinian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 111772
label: USNM Number
content: E261844-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cup