African powder horn with Arab influence ?

colin henshaw · 23rd June 2014, 05:17 PM

Was browsing some old images I had taken at the Tervuren (Belgium), "Royal Museum for Central Africa", a few years ago - they had some vitrines with 19th century material from Arab slavers/traders who had penetrated as far as the Congo area. This powder horn is included, which although made of ivory, seems to have a similar form to the one I posted.

For academic interest for those who study this type of material...

23rd June 2014, 05:17 PM	#7
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	Was browsing some old images I had taken at the Tervuren (Belgium), "Royal Museum for Central Africa", a few years ago - they had some vitrines with 19th century material from Arab slavers/traders who had penetrated as far as the Congo area. This powder horn is included, which although made of ivory, seems to have a similar form to the one I posted. For academic interest for those who study this type of material... Attached Images