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Hide-covered trumpet
Object Number 987-26-50/12305
Display Title Hide-covered trumpet
Descriptions
Object Description Hide covered trumpet
Inventory Description Trumpet, long wooden cone, hollow, covered with hide, perforated at top
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Senufo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Hide, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 65 x 6 x 7.2 cm (25 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 987-26-50/12305
Provenance
Collector Robin H. Mix (7/15/1987 - 10/26/1987)
Donor Dr. Stephen Williams (10/26/1987)

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