Trumpet "namburuse" ·  D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3036673

Description

ivory, the corpus of the broad ending was abraded as thin as a piece of cardboard, the bell mouth is 12,5 cm in diameter, the narrow ending remained massive, oval mouthpiece, without any decor, collection number “25854. Abanza Kongo Glatz” at the inside, min. dam., fine cracks through age, slight traces of abrasion;
the ivory trumpet “namburuse” was played in the court and represented royal power and presence. Often trumpeting accompanied the king and his wife when they perfomed a dance called “mabolo”. Trumpets also announced the king’s movements and his victories.

The object Trumpet “namburuse” with the object ID 3036673 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 577.

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Comparing literature

Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 140