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Ivory horn, side-blown (Mangbetu Tribe, Zaire), case

Technical description: Ivory, from elephant tusk. Side embouchure, finger-hole in tip.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.122.2 Side-blown curved labrosones
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:537; bell 60-70.