Zulu Woman's 'Izimpondo' Medical Cow Horns and Photograph of an Unknown Zulu, a descendant of the Owner, Holding Them

20TH CENTURY A.D.

6 1/4 - 8 7/8 in. (165 grams total, cow horns: 16-22.5 cm).

Comprising two hollowed-out cut horns with an opening at the narrow end. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

Collected near Mashaba, east of Pomeroy, in the Msinga district of Zululand.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

Footnotes

The Zulus pay a great deal of attention to intestinal medicine, purging themselves of impurities on a regular basis. These horn tips would have been used to introduce emetics via the rectum to purify them.

CONDITION

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