Drinking Horn

CultureCameroon peoples
Titles
  • Drinking Horn
Date1850–1950
PlaceCameroon, Africa
MediumBuffalo horn
Dimensions7 1/8 × 9 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (18.1 × 24.8 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles and Kent Davis
Object number2004.1356
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
Provenance[Davis Gallery, New Orleans]; given to MFAH, 2004.

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Comb
18th–19th century
Gold, precious stones, and buffalo horn
2006.534
Overall.
Unknown Vietnamese
19th century
Silver, metal, wood, mother of pearl, buffalo horn
2023.294.A,.B
Buffalo (Siwolo) Kachina Figure
1913–1917
Wood, paint, feathers, horns, leather, buffalo fur, rawhide, cotton cloth, satin ribbon, tin, nails, and string
44.438
Lekhokhoma (Snuff Container)
19th century
Horn
2021.114
Mug
1900–1910
Wood
97.789
Cup (kopa)
1850–1950
Wood
91.1459
Champion Cultivator Staff, Tefalipitya
1880–1930
Wood, cowry shells, plant fiber, horn, and iron
91.1437
Bowl
1870–1900
Brass
97.1550
Bowl
1870–1900
Brass
97.1551
Vase
1895–1905
Gold
97.1483
Powder Horn
19th century
Animal horn
B.75.58
Beaker (Kero)
1532–1780 AD
Wood
2001.1348