Horn (animal part)
Trumpet
AF1363
From: Angola | Kasai River | Lunda District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1363 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lovale |
| Provenience | Angola | Kasai River | Lunda District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Description | Ivory. The region of the mouthpiece has the form of that AF829, but is in high relief on the inside of the curve of the tusk. For the attribution ( Torday) cf. AF815. The spelling of name which has changed to Lovale is in this case "Tuvalle". The mouthpiece has the appearance of the Northern Congo form. An attempt to make a second mouthpeice-hole behind the first was abandoned. |
| Height | 12 cm |
| Length | 122 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1404 - Other Number | A-368 - Seder Number |
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