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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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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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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

Provenance and sources

when
before 1907

where
Kameruner Waldland

when
1900/1901-1907
where
Kamerun
who
Diehl, Adolf - Owners

when
1907
where
Stuttgart
Description
Linden-Museum bought object from A. Diehl.

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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