Palm Wine Drinking Horn / Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.209
- Title
- Palm Wine Drinking Horn
- Artist Nationality
- Congolese
- Medium and Support
- buffalo horn
- Object Creation Date
- 1800-1850
- Object Creation Place
- Africa (continent)
- Congo Republic (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Congo Republic (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
- Dimensions
- 19.5 cm x 41 cm x 9.5 cm (7 11/16 in. x 16 1/8 in. x 3 3/4 in.)
- Century
- late 18th - early 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Personal Accessory
- Physical Description
- Buffalo horn with concentric circles, geometric shapes and beadlike bands carved in relief follow the natural contours of the horn to its pointed tip. Has a local repair—a metal suture sewn at the mouth to stabilize a crack. Has cord pierced through tip.
- Subject Matter
- In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, palm wine drinking cups fashioned from the horns of the bush buffalo were used exclusively by Kuba warriors and soldiers as emblems of their ferocity and connection to the wilderness. The cord pierced through the tip of the horn allowed it to be worn by its owner as part of his regalia.
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- design elements
- drinking vessels
- motifs
- objects we use
- people and culture
- social science concepts
- social status
- sociological concepts
- vessels for serving and consuming food
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2760 x 1720
- File Size
- 632 KB
- Record
- 2005/1.209
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"Palm Wine Drinking Horn; Artist Unknown, African, Kuba Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.209/2005_1_209.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
