Medicine horn ·  Tanzania, Pare/Shambaa · ID: 3034907

Description

animal horn, partly encrusted patina, encrusted cuff, wooden peg in form of a human head with big ears, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abraison, metal socle;
the horns of various animals were filled with symbolic substances and closed by a large stopper. They were used to cure, heal, cast spells, divine and exorcise.

The object Medicine horn with the object ID 3034907 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 66 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.

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Comparing literature

Schulte-Bahrenberg, Ralf (Hg.), Tansania, Stuttgart 2007, p. 123