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Side-blown horn
Vernacular name:Phalaphala
Alternate name:Hunting horn
Date: 1925 ca.
Place Made:Ethiopia, Africa
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
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
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.
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. 26, 278.
Object number: 07269