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Medicine horn
National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Dik-dik horn stopped up with a gummy substance. It is used by a medicine man to cure illness. Horn is either stuck in the ground outside sticks or tied either to patients neck or waist and patient is told to lie on it.
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Details
- Title: Medicine horn
- Location: Kenya
- Type: Medicine horn
- Rights: National Museums of Kenya
- Medium: Horn
- Photographer: Gibsphotography
- Local Name: Kithitu
- Community: Kamba
- Collection Date: 1972
- Collected By: Mutisya
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