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Hunting Horn, Italian East Africa (now Ethiopia), ca. 1925
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NMM 7269. Hunting horn, Italian East Africa (now Ethiopia), ca. 1925. Wood, ornamented with three pieces of skin from goat legs, including hooves. Interesting embouchure with a second small hole at the narrow end that can be stopped with one's thumb. Length: 59.3 cm. Joe R. & Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999.
Embouchure
Goat Skin and Hooves

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