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Side-blown trumpet

1925–50
Object PlacePossibly Democratic Republic of the Congo
Medium/TechniqueWood, plant fiber
DimensionsLength 42.7 cm, width 4.3 cm (Length 16 13/16 in., width 1 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.302
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceAbout 1979, sold by Skinner Auction House, Bolton, Massachusetts to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
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