Context (CMS Context)
(Bib) Catalogue card reads "Type. A.J.N.Tremearne J.R.A.I 1912. vol xv, Pl.xxii, No.21.
'See E 1920.82 for more detailed notes on the Tremearne Collection. R.Hand 13/7/2001'
Event Date 25/9/2000
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Horn used by Wai Wai tribe for dancing, war etc. Damaged
Ayu tribe, Nassanawa Province.
'Open ended cylindrical shaped gourd, with strip of hide at the larger end, only a few pieces of hair remaining. Large crack extends from the edge, this has been repaired using cane stitches and is partially smeared with ?mud. Large crack extends from edge, witih large chip missing. Band of mud at other end, with a sequence of holes, set in from the edge. R.Hand 13/7/2001'
Event Date 25/9/2000
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Horn, used for dancing and war, consisting of a large, slightly curved, conical gourd that is open at both ends. There is a strip of hide around the wider end; the narrower end has been coated with a dark substance, possibly mud, and pierced with six evenly-spaced holes set slightly back from the edge. A large crack extends along the body from the wider end, and it has been repaired using cane stitches and is partially smeared with a dark substance, possibly mud again. There is a triangular chip missing from the wider edge.
Event Date 7/10/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff