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This horn is illustrated and described in an article entitled 'The Traditional Musical Instruments of Nigeria' by Mercedes Mackay in The Nigerian Field 15 (3) (July, 1950), plate 4 figure Q, p. 127 'The horns of Nigeria are more often used ceremonially. It is common all over Africa to utilise the horns of animals for religious ceremonies and to greet important persons. Game is scarce in Nigeria, owing to the density of the population, so that the only horn, apart from that of the ubiquitous cow, which I saw in use was that of the kob buck. The horn has the tip sawn off and a square cut out a little further down. It is played horizontally with quite a variety of pitch'; and 132: 'Kaho. Transverse kob horn, Kaleri, Jawara and others'." } ], "loan": { "value": "N" }, "projects": [ "EXPORT 4TH (2000-12-15)", "MINIM-UK" ], "description": [ { "type": "catalogue description", "value": "Side-blown horn. Animal horn with shallow longditudinal ridges and larger lateral ridges around inside of curve. The tip has been removed, leaving a hole 7.5x9 mm. Mouthhole is on outside of curve, approx 60 mm from the tip. The surface of the horn has been flattened and toolmarks are visible around the hole. The hole has an irregular trapezium shape, it is 29 mm long, 10 mm wide at the tip end and 14 mm wide at the lower end. Mouth of horn: 43x31 mm", "primary": true }, { "date": [ { "earliest": 1999, "value": "26-Dec-99", "latest": 1999, "primary": true } ], "type": "object description", "value": "Side Blown Horn" }, { "type": "description (online)", "value": "Kaho, side-blown horn. Horn of a kob buck with shallow longditudinal ridges and larger lateral ridges around inside of curve. The tip has been removed, leaving a hole 7.5 x 9 mm. The mouth hole is positioned on the outside of the curve, approx 60 mm from the tip. The surface of the horn has been flattened around the mouth hole and tool marks are visible. The hole is of an irregular trapezium shape." }, { "type": "commentary (online)", "value": "This horn was collected in Nigeria by Mercedes Mackay. In an article she published in 1950 on the subject of Nigerian music she wrote: 'It is common all over Africa to utilise the horns of animals for religious ceremonies and to greet important persons. Game is scarce in Nigeria, owing to the density of the population, so that the only horn, apart form that of the ubiquitous cow, which I saw in use was that of the kob buck. The horn has the tip sawn off and a square cut out a little further down. It is played horizontally with quite a variety of pitch.'" } ], "language": [ "eng" ], "collection": "Musical Instruments", "title": [ { "type": "catalogue title", "value": "423.122.2", "primary": true }, { "type": "classified as" } ], "type": { "sub_type": [ "general" ], "scope": "WHOLE", "base": "object" }, "multimedia": [ { "processed": { "preview": { "resizable": true, "format": "jpeg", "modified": 1240057998000, "location": "163\/329\/preview_WI_15_6_55_11.jpg", "type": "image", "measurements": { "filesize": { "units": "bytes", "value": 26201 }, "dimensions": [ { "units": "pixels", "dimension": "height", "value": 76 }, { "units": "pixels", "dimension": "width", "value": 76 } ] } }, "feature": { "resizable": true, "format": "jpeg", "modified": 1240057998000, "location": "163\/329\/feature_WI_15_6_55_11.jpg", "type": "image", "measurements": { "filesize": { "units": "bytes", "value": 32043 }, "dimensions": [ { "units": "pixels", "dimension": "height", "value": 373 }, { "units": "pixels", "dimension": "width", "value": 373 } ] } }, "large": { "resizable": true, "format": "jpeg", "modified": 1240057998000, "location": "163\/329\/WI_15_6_55_11.jpg", "type": "image", "measurements": { "filesize": { "units": "bytes", "value": 114810 }, "dimensions": [ { "units": "pixels", "dimension": "height", "value": 640 }, { "units": "pixels", "dimension": "width", "value": 640 } ] } }, "mid": { "resizable": true, "format": "jpeg", "modified": 1240057998000, "location": "163\/329\/mid_WI_15_6_55_11.jpg", "type": "image", "measurements": { "filesize": { "units": "bytes", "value": 26692 }, "dimensions": [ { "units": "pixels", "dimension": "height", "value": 115 }, { "units": "pixels", "dimension": "width", "value": 115 } ] } }, "body": { "resizable": true, "format": "jpeg", "modified": 1240057998000, "location": "163\/329\/body_WI_15_6_55_11.jpg", "type": "image", "measurements": { "filesize": { "units": "bytes", "value": 26624 }, "dimensions": [ { "units": "pixels", "dimension": "height", "value": 110 }, { "units": "pixels", "dimension": "width", "value": 110 } ] } } }, "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "image of object" } ], "attribution": { "type": "image (online)" } }, "@admin": { "uid": "hmc-media-163329", "id": "media-163329", "uuid": "3dca6665-5042-3754-8967-e7db4bb8f2b9" }, "legal": { "rights": [ { "holder": "Horniman Museum and Gardens", "type": "copyright" } ], "credit": "Horniman Museum and Gardens \u00a9 Heini Schneebeli" }, "type": "image", "@entity": "reference" } ], "@admin": { "processed": 1739988191744, "sequence": 7370756, "uid": "hmc-object-14466", "added": 1664628816815, "stream": "collections-online", "id": "object-14466", "source": "hmc", "uuid": "6bb903ef-9252-37c9-a4de-4c1315284566" }, "ownership": [ { "owner": [ { "summary": { "title": "Mackay, Mercedes" }, "@link": { "date": { "value": "-1955-06-15", "latest": 1955 }, "role": [ { "value": "vendor" } ], "attribution": { "date": [ { "earliest": 1955, "value": "1955-06-15", "latest": 1955, "primary": true } ], "attributor": "curator", "source": "accession registers" } }, "@admin": { "uid": "hmc-agent-994", "id": "agent-994", "uuid": "c828a75e-103d-3124-be5a-df19f749129b" }, "@entity": "reference" } ], "@entity": "lifecycle" } ], "legal": { "status": "permanent collection" }, "name": [ { "type": "catalogue name", "value": "side-blown horn", "primary": true }, { "type": "object name (AAT)" }, { "type": "object name" }, { "@reference": { "summary": { "title": "side-blown horns" }, "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "common name" } ], "variation": 133853 }, "@admin": { "uid": "hmc-term-1017914", "id": "term-1017914", "uuid": "6ced6835-952e-3c3e-a06e-56d1daf3e245" }, "@entity": "reference" }, "type": "common name" }, { "type": "object name (AAT)", "value": "" }, { "type": "common name", "value": "Side-blown horn" }, { "type": "object name", "value": "side blown horn" } ], "options": { "item_count": "1", "option5": "Aerophone", "flag4": "N", "flag3": "N", "system_count": "0", "flag2": "N", "option4": "EXPORT 4TH (2000-12-15); MINIM-UK", "flag1": "N", "number1": "1" }, "appraisal": [ { "source": "catalogue", "@entity": "lifecycle" } ], "term": [ { "summary": { "title": "side-blown horns" }, "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "common name" } ] }, "@admin": { "uid": "hmc-term-1017914", "id": "term-1017914", "uuid": "6ced6835-952e-3c3e-a06e-56d1daf3e245" }, "@entity": "reference" } ], "category": [ { "type": "category1", "value": "Musical Instruments" } ], "facility": [ { "summary": { "title": "position 26" }, "note": [ { "value": "position 0" } ], "@link": { "date": { "earliest": 2002, "value": "2002-12-07", "latest": 2002 }, "level5": "position 26", "level4": "Case C3 - Trading Sounds", "current": "Y", "last": { "location": "Horniman Museum. 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