Catalogue card notes: "Two horns covered with hide, the wide ends plugged with wood and covered with hide, the small ends fitted with a wooden stopper (missing in the smaller horn). Both fitted with thongs and cords for slinging."
One horn, part of two horns, covered with hide, the wide end is plugged with wood and covered with hide, the small end should be fitted with a wooden stopper but it is missing. It is fitted with cords for slinging.
One horn covered with hide, possibly used as powder horn. The wide end is plugged with wood and covered with hide, the small end should be fitted with a wooden stopper but it is missing. It is fitted with cords for carrying.
The horn has a marking in black ink, '39.179', and an old accession number label towards the smaller end of the horn, with the accession number in black ink.
Given the uncertainty of the place of collection, Ghana and Benin City have been added to the place field with queries, as have Edo and Asante in the cultural group field
Catalogue card reads, in black ink: "39.179 | Benin / Two horns covered with hide, the wide ends plugged with wood & covered with hide, the small ends fitted with a wooden stopped (missing in the smaller horn). Both fitted with thongs & cords for slinging. / d.d W.W. Collins"
Red circular sticker on bottom right of the card.