Trumpet
AF228
From: Zaire | Northeast Belgian Congo | Upper Aruwimi-Nepoke
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF228 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mabudu |
| Provenience | Zaire | Northeast Belgian Congo | Upper Aruwimi-Nepoke |
| Culture Area | Central Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Lizard |
| Description | The mask is doubled, the features reduced to a few strokes. On the convexity of the tusk there is a lizard in low relief not quite opposite to, slightly above, the mouth piece on the other side. The latter is placed near the middle of the tusk and surrounded by a raised rim, lozenge-shaped, with its long axis directed transversely. |
| Height | 7 cm |
| Length | 78.5 cm |
| Width | 21 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
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