Side-blown horn, stained ivory.

Instrument

Horn

Instrument Family

Wind

Place Made

Sub-Saharan Africa ; Africa

Description

Hunting horn. Stained ivory. Diamond-shaped embouchure hole. Tone hole at proximal end. Decorative notches carved above and below the embouchure hole, six above the embouchure and five below. Bell edge chipped and cracked. Sub-Saharan Africa.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

5623