Trumpet

AF228

From: Zaire | Northeast Belgian Congo | Upper Aruwimi-Nepoke

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF228
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mabudu
Provenience Zaire | Northeast Belgian Congo | Upper Aruwimi-Nepoke
Culture Area Central Africa
Section African
Materials Ivory
Technique Carved
Iconography Lizard
Description

The mask is doubled, the features reduced to a few strokes. On the convexity of the tusk there is a lizard in low relief not quite opposite to, slightly above, the mouth piece on the other side. The latter is placed near the middle of the tusk and surrounded by a raised rim, lozenge-shaped, with its long axis directed transversely.

Height 7 cm
Length 78.5 cm
Width 21 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900

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