Trumpet

AF826

From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Aruwimi River

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF826
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mangbetu
Provenience Zaire | Belgian Congo | Aruwimi River
Culture Area Central Africa
Section African
Materials Ivory
Description

For mouthpiece see AF843. The ridges on the long side of the rim are wanting; there is a slight rounded bulge out of which the rim rises. The inside of the curve of the tusk behind the mouthpiece is pared flat. Torday attributed this trumpet to the Bamputu, a division of the Mangbetu, see AF829.

Height 12 cm
Length 138 cm
Width 24 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1405 - Other Number

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