Animal horn

Museum number:
5-14360
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014360
Accession number:
Acc.3850
Description:
Trumpet, patinated red-stained elephant tusk. Damaged at base, modified at tip with opening. Incised linear dots. Length 40.5 centimeters. Purchased for $300, August 1983.
Donor:
Demba Thioune and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Zaire; Luba (Ba-Luba)
Culture or time period:
Luba
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Horns (animal components)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Animal horn, accession number 5-14360, described as Trumpet, patinated red-stained elephant tusk. Damaged at base, modified at tip with opening. Incised linear dots. Length 40.5 centimeters. Purchased for $300, August 1983.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Animal horn, accession number 5-14360, described as Trumpet, patinated red-stained elephant tusk. Damaged at base, modified at tip with opening. Incised linear dots. Length 40.5 centimeters. Purchased for $300, August 1983.

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