Figure of a hornblower

Unknown (Nigerian)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
ca. 1504-1550
Height:
62.2 cm  (24 1/2 in.)
Width:
21.6 cm  (8 1/2 in.)
Depth:
15.2 cm  (6 in.)
Technique / Medium:
copper alloy
Place of creation:
Benin (Nigeria)

    Item location

  • Brooklyn Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: 55.87]Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, the Guennol Collection

Description

Edo figure blowing a horn or flute with his right hand, his left arm is truncated.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118] (short, side-blown)

RIdIM images


Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Sounding forms: African musical instruments, ed. by Marie-Thérèse Brincard (New York: American Federation of Arts, 1989) 178-179, fig. 37. RILM 1989-03674.

RIdIM record id

5090