Medicine horn · Tanzania, Pare/Shambaa · ID: 3034907
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Walter Hekster, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSize
H: 51 cm
H: 20.1 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Schulte-Bahrenberg, Ralf (Hg.), Tansania, Stuttgart 2007, p. 123