Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label with blue border attached to object reads: 'Congo Pipe.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Acquisition Details)
The design of the label attached to this object matches labels found on other objects from the Democratic Republic of Congo that were collected by John Lawson Forfeitt and donated to the museum in 1911 by Dr Jamieson Boyd Hurry. It is therefore believed that the object is a part this collection, and the source field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 1911
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Horn pipe with its opening blocked with ?wood and with two holes, one at the end and one on the side. Large areas of the horn's surface have crumbled away.
Event Date 19/11/2001
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Amendments / updates)
The horn pipe was found without an accession number marked directly on the object. An old handwritten label, found with the object, reads: 'E 1911. Reg. 1911.507. Pipe. Congo. (Forfeitt Collection). Presented by Dr. Jamieson B. Hurry M.A. St. John's College.' The Blue Book register entry for 1911.507 reads: '1 Calabash Pipe.' Given that the object is not made from calabash gourd, the decision was taken to assign the object a temporary number, TEMP.01952, and a separate record.
Event Date 07/11/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Pipe or power object of animal horn, with a wide, oval cross-section at one end, and a curved form that tapers towards a narrow oval point at the other end. The wider end is plugged with wood, and the narrow point has a small circular hole in the tip. There is a larger circular hole in the upper surface near to the wider end. The surface around the point is damaged.
Event Date 7/11/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad