Trumpet
Musical Horn
2014-13-11
From: Sudan | Khartoum
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 2014-13-11 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Sudan | Khartoum |
| Culture Area | North Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ivory | Leather |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Human Face | Snake |
| Description | Laterally blown ivory horn with a bell of leather attached to the wide end of the tusk. A human face is carved at the proximal end of the tusk; as nake is carved to spiral around ivory end. Braided leather carrying strap attached at bell and below carved head. Good. condition. Small crack below mouth hole. Leather eaten at bell opening |
| Length | 62.5 cm |
| Width | 6.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014 |
| Other Number | 119 - Franklin Institute Number | L-222-11 - Old Loan Number | A326 - Seder Number |
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