Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
The Slwa (ceremonial horn)
circa 1980
Africa; Kenya
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Printed caption on verso reads: "The Slwa (ceremonial horn), part of the royal regalia of Pate; ivory; believed to have been made before 1698 A. D.; length approximately 2.25 metres.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 23: Kenya (KE)
- Catalog date
- circa 1980
- Recorded places
- Africa; Kenya
- Recorded subjects
- Works of art in situ
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (halftone., col., 15 x 10 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA KE 1995-031-007
Collection: African Postcard Collection