Side-blown horn
Alternate name(s)
- Hunting horn
Date1925 ca.
Place MadeEastern Africa, Africa
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionDark wood, made from two halves, goatskin cover on top of cloth wrap, rhomboid top end, diamond-shaped mouthhole leading sideways into the main tubing.
DimensionsHeight: 540 mm
Effective tube length: ca. 395 mm
Mouthhole dimensions: 40 mm by 30 mm
Bell diameter: 39-45 mm (internal), 55-58 mm (external)
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
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. 27, 278.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07270
On View
Not on view
1970-1973 ca.
1925 ca.
