Trumpet

Horn (animal part)

37-22-37

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 37-22-37
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Horn (animal part)
Description

Side-blown. A horn of the panggil antelope. Used to call hunters and beaters when game is found. Sometimes used as a chief's horn; see 37-22-34.

Height 8.3 cm
Length 44 cm
Width 9 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 32 - Collector Number | A-381 - Seder Number

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