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Trumpet ("tung") - covered with skin with hair left on; 3' long
Trumpet ("tung") - covered with skin with hair left on; 3' long
Object Number 40-24-50/5108
Display Title Trumpet ("tung") - covered with skin with hair left on; 3' long
Descriptions
Inventory Description Instrument, carved wood, flaring tube end, covered with tan hair hide, 1 perfora
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Acholi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Laboni
Materials Wood, Hide, Skin
Dimensions Overall: 116.7 x 7.6 x 7.7 cm (45 15/16 x 3 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-24-50/5108

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