Wooden trumpet

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Object Number 37-77-50/2554

Display Title Wooden trumpet

Descriptions

Inventory Description Flute, carved wood, phallic shaped, square perforated hole, resin, fiber cord

Classification

Raw Material
Woodwind

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Buzi

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia

Additional Geographic Terms Mafada; Bele border, near

Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Resin

Dimensions Overall: 44.5 x 5.5 x 5.6 cm (17 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-77-50/2554

Provenance

Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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