Trumpet, Side Blowing
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Nov 1993
label: Collection Date
content: 1972
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of African Art
notes: label: Notes
content: BLOW HOLE ON THE SIDE. PHALLUS SHAPE. HEAVILY PATINATED IVORY. CRACK EXTENDING 19.1 CM. FROM BELL END. ALSO 7 CM. CRACK ABOUT 5 CM. BENEATH BLOW HOLE. SMALL PERFORATION NEAR BELL END ABOVE CHIPPED AREA. ACCORDING TO MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, THIS MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WAS USED FOR CEREMONIAL OR RITUAL EVENTS, AND IVORY IS A HIGH STATUS MATERIAL, RESERVED FOR HIGH RANKING PERSONS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Akan, Ghana, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ashanti (Asante)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390920
label: USNM Number
content: E427399-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 41.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.8 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 5.5 cm