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1938.34.90

Side-blown ivory trumpet.

1938.34.90

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Collection type
Object
Description
Side-blown ivory trumpet.
Long description
Tube has been carved down so much that the bone comes out at the side just below embouchure, embouchure has been drilled with several holes side by side. This would have been joined up smoothly had the instrument not been abandoned. (JM).
Geographical reference
Central Africa
Africa > Central Africa
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1907
Date collected
By 1907
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Elephant Tooth Ivory Animal, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 575 mm, Length: max 22 mm mouth hole, Width: max 52 mm bell, Width: max 8 mm mouth hole, Depth: max 41 mm bell
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.34.90 Other numbers: Balfour 90
Research and responses

The term side-blown is preferred to side-blast for this type of object [RTS 6/12/2004, after pers. comm. HLR].

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Trumpet

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