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Ivory Horn

This ivory blow horn from the Benin Kingdom is listed in the inventory of the "k. k. Münz- und Antikenkabinett". From there it was transferred to the collections of Ambras Castle in 1847 and finally to the holdings of the predecessor institution of today's Weltmuseum Vienna in 1916.

Object data

Inv. No.

91916

Collection

Sub-Saharan Africa

Object Name

Ivory Horn

Dated

17th/18th century

Accession Date

1916

Material

Ivory

Cultural Patronage

Cultural Patronage

Das Weltmuseum Wien dankt Frau Dkff. Helene Sebök sehr herzlich für die übernommene Kulturpatenschaft!