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Object Number
67-9-50/125
Display Title
Horn or bugle
Descriptions
Object Description
Horn or bugle
Inventory Description
Tusk horn, hollow, polished, diamond carved perforation near mouth end
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mandingo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Sudan
Additional Geographic Terms
Sudan, western; River Galeneas
Materials
Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 80.8 x 13 x 12 cm (31 13/16 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
125
Credit Line
Gift of the Boston Athenaeum, 1867
Provenance
Owner
King Matar
Collector
George Dornett
(1828)
Donor
Boston Athenaeum
(1867)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67-9-50/126 | Ivory horn or bugle |
Woodwind
|
Mali
Guinea | |
| 29-76-50/H1156 | Old ivory horn |
Woodwind
|
Liberia
| |
| 2004.24.24214A | African horn or bugle |
Sierra Leone
| ||
| 2004.24.24214B | African horn or bugle |
Sierra Leone
| ||
| 2004.24.24214C | African horn or bugle |
Sierra Leone
| ||
| 2004.24.28072B | African horn or bugle |
Sudan
| ||
| 2004.24.28072A | African horn or bugle |
Sudan
| ||
| 2004.24.28072C | African horn or bugle |
Sudan
| ||
| 2004.24.28072D | African horn or bugle |
Sudan
| ||
| 65-3-50/10705 | Elephant ivory horn. Bird motif on the distal end and a plant fiber strap. |
Woodwind
|
Zaire
| |
| 20-29-50/B2203.3 | Ivory war horns |
Woodwind
|
Cameroon
| |
| 21-28-50/B2761 | War horn |
Woodwind
|
Cameroon
|