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Side-blown trumpet
Possibly Endo people
19th century
Object Place: Kenya, Great Rift Valley region
Medium/Technique
Wood, animal skin
Dimensions
Length 63.8 cm, width 7.6 cm (Length 25 1/8 in., width 3 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.301
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionConical body of wood wrapped with animal skin with fur, held in place by single line of leather stitching. Lozenge-shaped embouchure hole with leather strips wrapped around body just above and below. Loop of leather for hanging tied at embouchure end.
ProvenanceAbout 1982, sold by Tony Vacca, Whately, Massachusetts, to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)