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Object Number
83-14-50/30205
Display Title
Trumpet made from elephant's tusk
Descriptions
Object Description
Elephant ivory trumpet with decorative knobs and engravings.
Inventory Description
Horn, tapered hollow tubular, carved capped end, band and balls, dot design
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Additional Geographic Terms
Loanda, Southwest Coast
Materials
Ivory, Pigment, Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 5.7 x 63.5 x 5.5 cm (2 1/4 x 25 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30205
Provenance
Collector
Mr. John B. Sparhawk
(1857)
Donor
Mrs. John B. Sparhawk
(1883)
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