Accession No
1977.520
Description
Musical Instrument - Horn
Place
Africa; Provenance Unknown
Period
Source
Wellcome.Collection; Picken, Laurence Ernest Rowland (Dr) [vendor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1977.520; 423.122.2 [Cat. Card] 265 [Picken No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Leather
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Picken Collection catalogue card reads:
77.520 AFRICA Provenance / Unknown.
423.122.2: side-blown horn with terminal / fingerhole. Lateral mouthpiece near tip. / Carved wood covered with leather sewn up one side. / Type of instrument occuring [sic.] in belt from Nigeria - E. Africa. / ex. Welcome Collection [sic.] c. 1950
- coll. Dr. L. E. R. Picken - numbered 265'
Event Date 29/4/2016
Author: Olivia Maguire
Context (CMS Context)
Other numbers, 423.122.2 and 265, as listed on Picken Collection catalogue card.
Event Date 29/4/2016
Author: Olivia Maguire
Context (CMS Context)
Found on box list for Picken Box 78 but without database record. This record created from information available on Picken Collection catalogue card. Object not physically seen.
Event Date 29/4/2016
Author: Olivia Maguire
Description (CMS Description)
Side-blown horn with terminal fingerhole. Lateral mouthpiece near tip. Carved wood covered with leather sewn up one side. Type of instrument occurring in belt from Nigeria - E. Africa. - ex. Wellcome Collection c. 1950
Event Date 29/4/2016
Author: Olivia Maguire
FM:269159
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