Trumpet

AF844

From: Zaire | Northern Zaire | Lake Leopold

Curatorial Section: African

View All (5) Object Images

Object Number AF844
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Zaire | Northern Zaire | Lake Leopold
Culture Area Central Africa
Section African
Materials Ivory
Description

Long, roughly oval mouthpiece-hole, originally surrounded by a ridge, now much chipped, of the same form, the middle of each long side of which passes into a rounded buldge on the side of the tusk neat the opening. For the "L. Leopold" of the old label. Torday sustituted "Lesa" ( place name? or Balese of the northeast?).

Height 8 cm
Length 77 cm
Width 15 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 23 - Other Number | A-377 - Seder Number

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.