Side-blown horn
Vernacular Name
- Mbiu
Date1990 ca.
Place MadeLamu, Kenya, Africa
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SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionAnimal horn, naturally curved, with carved geometric patterns.
DimensionsLength: ca. 460 mm
Effective tube length: ca. 220 mm
Mouthhole diameter: 12-13 mm (not round)
Bell diameter: 85-95 mm (not round)
ProvenancePurchased in 1994 from Tapley Jordan, LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
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 number07097
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