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Horn Container

MOA: University of British Columbia

2956/259 a-b

Yellow-brown goat horn with a cork plug at one end and a removable plug (part b) at the other end. Fine incised hearts and arches decorate the surface. A star is also carved on the surface and possibly the date 1928(?) above the star.

  • History Of Use

    Shepherds in the province would decorate and carve animal horns to make food and wine containers (also see 2956/255-258).

  • Type of Item container
  • Culture Portuguese
  • Material goat horn, bark
  • Measurements height 7.0 cm, width 17.0 cm, depth 1.5 cm (overall)
  • Field Collector Anthony A. Shelton
  • Previous Owner Anthony A. Shelton
  • Received from Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget, Anthony A. Shelton
  • Made in Borba
  • Collected in Portugal
  • Creation Date during 1928
  • Collection Date between 2011 and 2012
  • Ownership Date before September 17, 2012
  • Acquisition Date on September 17, 2012
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2956/0259 a-b

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