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1914.54.38

End-flute with cow-horn bell-mouth. 4 very widely spaced fingerholes. Horn `bell' fastened on the end. Bound with gut between 2 and 3 hole, zig-zag decoration scratched in.

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1914.54.38

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Collection type
Object
Description
End-flute with cow-horn bell-mouth. 4 very widely spaced fingerholes. Horn `bell' fastened on the end. Bound with gut between 2 and 3 hole, zig-zag decoration scratched in.
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Jemaa
Cultural groups
Kagoro
Person
Field collector Hubert Frank Mathews
PRM source Hubert Frank Mathews
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1913
Date collected
By 1913
Acquisition information
Donated: 1914
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Gut, Material Cattle Horn Animal, Material Textile, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Perforated, Process Decorated, Process Incised, Process Bound
Dimensions
Length: max 570 mm, Diameter: max 50 mm bell
Object numbers
Accession number: 1914.54.38

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Flute

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