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ANIMAL HORN AND GOURD MEDICINCE CONTAINER. KWERE,TANZANIA

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Unusual Traditional Medicinal Container. Kwere Culture, Tanzania

Consisting of a animal horn and a calabash connected together each displaying its own wooden stopper. The stopper to the calabash features a female bust with a parted coiffure. The function of the animal horn, like the calabash, was to hold and store traditional medicines. A white beaded band decorates both containers and below that is attached a copper bangle.

Estimated Period: Mid 20th Century

Height: 23 cm (from base to top of wooden stopper belonging to the animal horn)

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