Part of side-blown trumpet, carved with snakes. [presumably LMM 7 1991; JC 6 7 2000]

Collection type: Object
Description: Part of side-blown trumpet, carved with snakes. [presumably LMM 7 1991; JC 6 7 2000]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Benin
Cultural groups: Edo
Person: Field collector George Le Clerc Egerton; Field collector 1897 Benin City "Punitive Expedition"; PRM source Dumas-Egerton Trust
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1897
Date collected: 1897
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1991
Materials and processes: Material Elephant Tooth Ivory Animal, Process Perforated, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 270 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1991.13.28
Research and responses: The Dumas-Egerton Collection, of which this is part, was examined by Hermione Waterfield of Christie's in May 1984; see 'Part of the Nigerian Art Collected by Admiral Sir George Le Cler[c] Egerton on the Benin Expedition of 1897 on Deposit at Maidstone Museum' (copy in RDF). The entry for this object reads: 'A small whistle for the spirit cult, carved in relief with three snakes, five notched bands above the rim, broken. 10 1/2 in. long.' [JC 19/10/2001 & 23/1/2002]