Trumpet
29-94-37
From: Zaire | Northern Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 29-94-37 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Zaire | Northern Zaire |
| Culture Area | Central Africa |
| Date Made | 1895-1920 CE |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Technique | Incised |
| Description | Ivory. Cf. AF3583, AF824. The incised decoration on the convex side consists mainly of a longitudinal row of "Saturn" marks, on the concave side of triangles, etc. Near the open end are two transverse bands of (1) semicircles in opposed pairs bordered with short arcs and interspersed with small "Saturn" marks, and (2) rhombs bordered with dots or arcs and having inscribed crosses and small "Saturn" marks alternately. |
| Height | 15.72 cm |
| Length | 63.18 cm |
| Width | 0 cm |
| Depth | 10.16 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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