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Side-blown horn
Side blown horn carved from an elephant tusk. Just above the midway point is a rectangular section with a diamond shaped mouth hole on the face corresponding to the inside of the curve of the tusk. The upper section terminates in a carved finial in the shape of an elongated, hairless, human head with closed eyes.
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Sudan - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.122.2 Side-blown curved labrosones
- Culture:Mangbetu
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- Materials:ivory
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.122.2 Side-blown curved labrosones
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 623 x 65 x 128 mm