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End-blown horn
This instrument was collected in the field by Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton in 1937, and is associated with a Luvando tribe from Tchiliwandele. It is an end-blown horn (trumpet: "onquiro") for calling in cattle, made from Lesser Kudu ("olohongo") horn with both ends removed.
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1930–7 - Maker:
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Powell-Cotton Museum - Inventory number:
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Angola - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.21 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, without mouthpiece
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.21 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, without mouthpiece
- Repository:Powell-Cotton Museum
- Measurements:Length: 477mm