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Hunting Horn, Eastern Africa, ca. 1925

Hunting horn, Italian East Africa (now Ethiopia), ca. 1925

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Close-up of embouchure hole

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NMM 7270.  Hunting horn, eastern Africa, ca. 1925. Two pieces of wood, hollowed out and held together with cloth and covered with goat skin, neatly sewn on. Interesting embouchure hole with the air going out the side. Length:  538 mm. Joe R. & Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999.


Close-up Views of End and Embouchure

Close-up of end
Close-up of embouchure hole

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