HORN

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

HORN

Entry/Object ID

414/10387

Description

MEDICINE HORN/HOLE IN TIP/GOLD METAL ON ONE END

Collection

ETHNOGRAPHIC/AFRICA

Made/Created

Place

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Cameroon

Region

West Africa

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Kamerun

African

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Horn

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Device, Sound Signaling

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Sound Communication Devices

Nomenclature Class

Sound Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Parts

Count

Material

Metal

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Notes

This is possibly a trophy pendant. Tourists to Africa would often collect dik-dik and other animal horns and mount them as jewelry when they returned. This collection possibly includes presents from the Wyeths from when they went on safari. Note - quite a few of the Victorian tourist items were capped at the end and hung from the gold clasp that was created, rather than punching a hole through the horn itself but is not impossible.