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Trumpets made from a cucumber-shaped calabash, found in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria. Described by G.T. Basden (Among the Ibos of Nigeria, 1921): “Buglers sounded calls on the akpelle, a calabash with both ends cut off and a blow-hole, used like a bugle.” Credit: British museum

Trumpets made from a cucumber-shaped calabash, found in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria. Described by G.T. Basden (Among the Ibos of Nigeria, 1921): “Buglers sounded calls on the akpelle, a calabash with both ends cut off and a blow-hole, used like a bugle.” Credit: British museum
Ref.OZ-P-2446
TypePhotograph · image/jpeg
CreditBritish museum
Added24 January 2025
Dimensions1000 × 417
Size23 KB
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