Title

Hunting horn, Late 15th century. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Ivory end blown horn with segmented horizontal carvings in tiers from the top to the bottom. The figures are of animals and humans. There are also plant forms (trees) and letters (Greek). Each band is carved with high and low relief objects and separated by lattice, beading or braiding. There are five carved S-shaped ivory loops on the side. Three have metal chains attached.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A89_078

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

20,8Mb (594,1Kb) / 8,1in x 10,0in / 2426 x 3000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa animal education arts carving sculpture art continent hunting African horn tusks tusk carved location century ivory artefact artifact Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African Art Educational Institution 15th century fifteenth century hunting horn scientific institution sculpture Unknown ivory Heritage Art ivory metal