Side-blown horn
Alternate name(s)
- Hunting horn
Date1925 ca.
Place MadeEthiopia, Africa
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionDark wood, drilled (upper part) and carved (lower part), goatskin wrap around the bell end (including hair and hooves), fingerhole at top end.
DimensionsHeight: 584 mm
Effective tube length: ca. 480 mm
Mouthhole dimensions: 25 mm by 16 mm
Fingerhole diameter: 4 mm
Bell diameter (internal): 48 mm
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. 26, 278.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07269
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1940-1960 ca.
1925 ca.
1900 ca.
1940-1960 ca.
1850-1890 ca.
1925 ca.