On View
- Artist
- Unknown (Congolese, Mangbetu or Zande People)
- Title
- Side-Blown Horn
- Date
- ca. 1930
- Medium
- Ivory
- Dimensions
- 1 1/2 x 17 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. Overall
- Credit
- J. David and Laura Seefried Horsfall Endowment Fund purchase
- Accession No.
- 1991.32
- Classification
- Decorative Carving
- Geography
- Democratic Republic of Congo
Related
1920s, given by an unidentified "transient world traveler" to an unknown private collection (Akron, Ohio) "to cover the cost of room and board"; sold by John Neylon of Hampton Antiques (Chagrin Falls, OH) to dealer David A. Ackley; 1991, David A. Ackley (Ypsilanti, MI) sold to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now Chazen Museum of Art]
- Exhibition gallery guide, "Revealing Forms: African Art from the Elvehjem Collection." 2002.
- Drewal, Henry John. "African Art at the Elvehjem." Bulletin/Biennial Report 2001-2003. Elvehjem Museum of Art (2003): 16-36. pp. 16-36
- Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 7, No. 4, Sept/Oct 1991.
- Revealing Forms: African Art from the Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/20/2002–6/16/2002
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