Object class: Trumpets (aerophones) / Culture or time period: Eastern African cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Trumpet, accession number 5-7866, described as Native name: Arupepe Composite trumpet; side blown; trumpet shaped (belled one end); cowhide cover stitched with rawhide; side notched mouth hole; length: 91 cm. Used by men for music for dances Made by men. May have been traded from Suk of Kenya.

Hearst Museum object titled Trumpet, accession number 5-3385, described as Trumpet; wood; covered with hide; blown from side hole; 36.25 inches long.

Hearst Museum object titled Trumpet, accession number 5-2422, described as Side-blown trumpet; antelope horn; 19.5 inches tip to tip.

Hearst Museum object titled Trumpet, accession number 5-8864, described as Transverse trumpet; 2 strips of wood laterally laminated to form tubelike center; bulbous flare at one end; mouthpiece slightly bulbous on side; covered with single piece of cowhide, fastened with twine; l. 83.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Trumpet, accession number 5-6665, described as Trumpet: wood in shape of animal horn; painted black; side notch; mouth end wrapped with wire; civet cat fur attached to other end; piece of twine attached as strap; dia. 7 cm; l. 60 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Trumpet, accession number 5-6635, described as side-blown trumpet; game animal horn (antler); black and natural bone.