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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo18amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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This is a cannibal artist's first attempt to portray tragedies in animal life. These drawings and those which follow are me- chanical reproductions of originals en- graved by natives on the polished surface of ivory first. ^ They are used during fes- tivals. Their loud, trumpeting sounds form a fit accompani- ment to dances, and add to the admira- tion of the throng of visitors who spread afar the fame of the court. The uncommon pride Mangbetu mu- sicians display is attributable as much to their skill in performing as to the beauty of the instruments. No descrip- tion can do full justice to the frantic endeavors of a trio refreshed with drafts of millet beer. To this day they have lost nothing of their verve, and Schwein- furth's picturesque descrip- tion of forty years ago still admirably fits such a concert. Eather ceremoniously they moisten the inner surface of the horn to heighten the reso- nance. Awe-inspiring boom- ing typifies the ominous trumpeting of an ele- p h a n t ' s fury; hardly less deafen- ing, but with greater IAMERICAN Museum Jour- nal, Vol. XV. No. 6 (Oct.. 1915) and No. 8 (Dec, 1915).
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