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Malakats

Scope note

Side-blown Ethiopian trumpets made of an elongated gourd or a long bamboo tube, with a copper bell attached by means of a length of curved horn so that it is perpendicular to the tube. MARCUS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042356

Broader Terms used

<side-blown trumpets>

Term used for

meleketas

Equivalent Terms used

malakat

Created

13yrs ago

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