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Side-blown trumpet
Zande or Mangbetu people
19th century
Object Place: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Length 50 cm, width 8.5 cm (Length 19 11/16 in., width 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1960
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionConical body of ivory (elephant tusk) decorated near center with geometric patterns comprised of small black incised circles with central dot. Lozenge-shaped embouchure hole surrounded by raised diamond-shape.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)