Side-blown Trumpet
Object type: Side-blown Trumpet
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Mangbetu
Date: 19th century
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: L. 50 ×  Diam. Largest 4 3/4 -  smallest 1 1/2  in. (127 × 12.1 - 3.8 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone
Geography:     Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Credit line: Purchase, Bequest of Olive Huber, by exchange, and Brian and Anne Marie Todes Gift, 1999
Accession year: 1999