Horn pigment holder with stopper pierced by 2 porcupine quills

Made:
1880-1905

Horn pigment holder with stopper pierced by 2 porcupine quills, horn covered with cloth and cowrie shells, used for tattooing, from Bamara region, West Sudan, 1880-1905

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651089
Materials:
horn, gourd and quill
type:
container