Ivory horn or bugle

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Object Number 67-9-50/126

Display Title Ivory horn or bugle

Descriptions

Object Description Ivory horn or bugle

Inventory Description Tusk horn, hollow, dot and Diamond design with standing human, perforated

Classification

Woodwind

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Mali
Africa / Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Sudan, western

Materials Elephant ivory

Dimensions Overall: 47 x 8 x 7.2 cm (18 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 2 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 126

Credit Line Gift of the Boston Athenaeum, 1867

Provenance

Donor Boston Athenaeum (1867)

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67-9-50/125	Horn or bugle	Woodwind	Sudan
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98-3-50/51313	Ivory horn	Woodwind	Africa
18-21-50/B2087	Ivory war horn	Woodwind	Cameroon
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