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Object Number 83-14-50/30206
Display Title Trumpet made from elephant's tusk
Descriptions
Object Description Elephant ivory trumpet with three decorative knobs.
Inventory Description Horn, hollow tubular, ridged and pointed end, oval mouthpiece, ragged at wide en
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms Loanda, Southwest Coast
Dimensions Overall: 4.2 x 56.3 x 4.5 cm (1 5/8 x 22 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30.206; 6-54
Provenance
Collector Mr. John B. Sparhawk (1857)
Donor Mrs. John B. Sparhawk (1883)

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