Abeng

Abeng (Twi: animal horn), 1. generic name in Twi (a Sudanic language) for wind instrs. made of horn or animal tusk; 2. mirliton of the Fang of Gabon Republic, made of a piece of cane closed at one end by a spider's-egg membrane, and inserted into one nostril. An efam, a small piece of horn, is inserted into the other nostril (165). Ricart-Matas, J. Personal communication.