ORNAMENT

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

ORNAMENT

Entry/Object ID

414/10458

Description

HORN TIP/HOLE IN TIP

Collection

ETHNOGRAPHIC/AFRICA

Made/Created

Place

Continent

Africa

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

ORNAMENT

Parts

Count

1

Material

HORN

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. Usually the tourist pendants had gold capped at the end and it is from there that the necklace hung, but the gold could be missing/reversed.