Trumpet
- Museum number:
- 5-6635
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050006635
- Alternate number:
- 92 (field number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2307
- Description:
- side-blown trumpet; game animal horn (antler); black and natural bone.
- Donor:
- Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Africa; Uganda; Kampala (ba); Ganda (Murdock 45:9)
- Culture or time period:
- Ganda
- Collector:
- Mary Jean Aerni
- Collection date:
- April 1967
- Materials:
- Antler (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Trumpets (aerophones)
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- 1967
- Context of use:
- Used by men before the hunt; or if witch doctor, voice of spirit speaks through it.
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- length 38 centimeters and diameter 4 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1994-1995 #9: SFO Museum (April 7, 1995–December 1995)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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