This is a Benin bronze horn from the Yoruba peoples , of Benin, West Africa. The Benin style bronzes are well known and considered some of the finest works ever created by the tribes of this area...The Yoruban peoples would create masterpieces in wood and bronze for use in political and ritual activities.  This is a very fine bronze horn with an ancestral image on top holding a scepter or club. The horn has a wonderful band of tribal motifs on its border and is well executed showing the hands of a master Bronze smith to create such a wondrous work of Art..and Music!..