musical horn
- Museum number
- Af1954,+23.910
- Description
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Musical horn; carved of ivory; section of ivory with diamond-shaped mouthpiece carved near one end; hole carved in small closed end of horn; human figure carved opposite mouthpiece, band of human heads carved just below mouthpiece; strip of metal attached to open end of horn; two metal loops attached to one side of horn for hanging.Rich red patina.
- Production date
- 1918 (before)
- Dimensions
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Length: 54 centimetres
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Width: 12 centimetres
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Depth: 8 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Identified as being from either Sierra Leone or Liberia [Bill Hart, personal communication, 14 May 2010].
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Acquisition notes
- Lot 20 in a Puttick and Simpson auction on 11 October 1918: "an ivory horn, carved with a figure and masks, 21" long".
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,+23.910
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 13338 (Wellcome Collection Number)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 3867 (Wellcome Collection Number)