Side-Blown Horn

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Culture Vai

Title Side-Blown Horn

Date 18th–early 19th century

Medium Ivory

Dimensions Object: 29 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (74.9 × 10.5 cm)
Overall: 29 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (74.9 × 10.5 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Bill Siegmann in honor of Roy and Sophie Sieber, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2008.222

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Among many peoples of Sierra Leone and Liberia, side-blown ivory trumpets were emblems of important chiefs. The red color is the result of the horn having been rubbed with palm oil over an extended period.

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"Side-Blown Horn | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2008.222