Kwere Magical Horn

Tanzania

Early 20th c

14 1/2 inches high x 3 inches wide

Ex: Santa Fe, NM collection

SOLD

The Kwere Magical Horn has a stopper with a carved female head with back-swept hair, glass eyes and is wrapped with animal hides and colored fibers. The magical substances are gone but the mystery and original form is truly enchanting. Throughout Tanzania and Kenya, horns of various animals filled with symbolic substances were used by shamans to cure, heal, cast spells, divine and exorcise.