Horn ·  Nigéria, Urhobo · ID: 3032758

Description

ivory, shiny honey brown patina, the upper part carved with a stylized human face, rectangular mouthpiece, min. dam., slight traces of usage, fissures, on base;
such instruments were used at public appearances of kings and other high officials.

Littérature comparée

Foss, Perkins (ed.), Where Gods and Mortals Meet, New York 2004, p. 25, ill. 8