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Blowing horn

Labelled as a war horn. The transverse mouthpiece of the waterbuck has a bell made of buffalo horn. The joint is made with a hide cuff from an antelope hind leg and did not need to be sewn together due to its shape.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Wagaya
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge: ca. 62 cm
Material/Technique
Horn (waterbuck), Horn (buffalo)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 9260

Provenance and sources

where
Kenya [Land/Region]
who
Wagaya

who
Adolf von Wulffen - Collectors
Boehm - Former Possessors

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