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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 2307376, member: 8267"]The plate is very nicely carved. The imagery is consistent with having come from Madagascar, with the zebu cattle, and the houses with the straight roof lines. (Traditional Ethiopian houses are conical.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]258813[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/articles/visiting-tribes-of-madagascar.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/articles/visiting-tribes-of-madagascar.shtml" rel="nofollow">https://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/articles/visiting-tribes-of-madagascar.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The powder horn looks similar to these, identified as Ethiopian:</p><p><img src="https://deliver.odai.yale.edu/content/repository/YPM/id/91873/format/2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Record/YPM-ANT-206857/ImageGallery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Record/YPM-ANT-206857/ImageGallery" rel="nofollow">https://collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Record/YPM-ANT-206857/ImageGallery</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]258823[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2967T/lots/1819" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2967T/lots/1819" rel="nofollow">https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2967T/lots/1819</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 2307376, member: 8267"]The plate is very nicely carved. The imagery is consistent with having come from Madagascar, with the zebu cattle, and the houses with the straight roof lines. (Traditional Ethiopian houses are conical.) [ATTACH=full]258813[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/articles/visiting-tribes-of-madagascar.shtml[/URL] The powder horn looks similar to these, identified as Ethiopian: [IMG]https://deliver.odai.yale.edu/content/repository/YPM/id/91873/format/2[/IMG] [URL]https://collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Record/YPM-ANT-206857/ImageGallery[/URL] [ATTACH=full]258823[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2967T/lots/1819[/URL][/QUOTE]
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