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Side-blown horn
Vernacular name:Phalaphala
Alternate name:Hunting horn
Date: 1925 ca.
Place Made:Eastern Africa, Africa
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
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)
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.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
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.
Object number: 07270