Trumpet
AF822
From: Northern Zaire | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Lualaba River
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF822 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bagenya |
| Provenience | Northern Zaire | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Lualaba River |
| Culture Area | Central Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ivory | Hide | Hair | Fiber |
| Description | Ivory trumpet; tapers towards horizontal diamond shape mouth piece; the larger opening of the tusk is shod with a piece of hide, hide is wrapped around tusk and secured with a piece of fiber; possibly hide is of elephant, small pieces of black hair are evident. |
| Length | 36 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1181 - Field No SF |
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