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Yemenite shofar
Date: 1990 ca.
Place Made:Israel, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionGreater Kudu antelope horn, naturally double-s shaped; carved undulating pattern in two groups of three indentations.
DimensionsHeight (straight line): ca. 650 mm
Tube length: ca. 705 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11 mm, 3.8 mm
Bell diameter: 52-68 mm (not round)
Tube length: ca. 705 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11 mm, 3.8 mm
Bell diameter: 52-68 mm (not round)
ProvenancePurchased in 1990 from Judaica, Atlanta, Georgia.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
On view
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 7, 273.
Object number: 07006