trumpet
- Museum number
- Af1954,23.319
- Title
- Series: Benin Ivory
- Description
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Carved elephant ivory side-blown trumpet.
- Production date
- 16thC - 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 13 inches
- Curator's comments
- Register 1954
Ivory, side-blown, trumpet: low relief carving of two human figures and two beasts and a serpentine motif connecting it with the mouth piece.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa
- Associated events
- Associated Event: British Expedition to Benin City Feb 1897
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,23.319
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 71 (Dark number)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: A173428 (WHMM accession number)