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Transverse trumpet

dark brown wooden tube, tapering to a cylinder, wrapped with four iron bands, with a round protruding mouth opening at the narrower end; a leather strap (with remnants of fur) underneath the blowpipe

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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Duala
Object type
Trompete
Material/Technique
wood (plant material), iron (metal)
carved, Forged
Object genre
musical instrument
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2479
Other number(s)
2479 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    when
    before 1907
  • Use
    where
    Kameruner Waldland
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    1900/1901-1907
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Diehl, Adolf - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Purchase
    when
    1907
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Description
    Linden-Museum bought object from A. Diehl.
  • Change of physical control:
    Exchange
    when
    15.12.1971
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
    Description
    JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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