Trumpet

AF834

From: Northeastern Zaire | Zaire | Eastern Province | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF834
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bakare
Provenience Northeastern Zaire | Zaire | Eastern Province | Belgian Congo
Culture Area Central Africa
Locus Between the Elila and Lowa rivers
Section African
Materials Ivory
Description

Ivory trumpet. Dark in color-possibly stained. Cylindrical knob at small end-closed. Oval mouth piece. Natural rugosity of tusk but little smoothed off except at small end.

Length 32.5 cm
Outside Diameter 4.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 28 - Other Number | A-398 - Seder Number

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