Side-blown horn
Date1925 ca.
Place MadeZaire, Africa
Serial No.none
SignedNoneMarkingsMan's face carved opposite the windway.
DescriptionRed-stained ivory, naturally curved; lozenge-shaped embouchure on inner curve, carved man's head opposite embouchure hole; fingerhole at top end; burned dot patterns.
DimensionsLength: 558 mm
Effective tube length: 360 mm
Mouthhole dimensions: ca. 19-20 mm
Fingerhole diameter: 12 mm
Bell diameter: ca. 64-74 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1991, Brussels, Belgium.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 8, 273.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07037
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