Trumpet

AF837

From: Northern Zaire | Zaire | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF837
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Northern Zaire | Zaire | Belgian Congo
Culture Area Central Africa
Section African
Materials Ivory
Description

Ivory horn. Eight sided-ridges. Raised piece toward smaller end, oval mouth piece. Tusk in notched behind mouthpiece. Type of string (cotton, plant fiber??) wrapped three times around smaller end. See AF815.

Length 28 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1562 - Field No SF | A-403 - Seder Number

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