Side-blown trumpet
Date1900-1920 ca.
Place MadeSepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, Asia
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DescriptionStained wood, carved with stone or bone, top with bird's ornament, oval mouthhole, body with circles, curlicues and crescents.
Single-note natural trumpets are generally used as signaling instruments in Papua New Guinea. Trumpets constructed from wood are common in the Sepik River Region. Historically, they have been used to announce the approach of a raiding or head-hunting party to an enemy village, or to signal the return of a war party to their home village.
DimensionsHeight: 583 mm
Effective tube length: ca. 317 mm
Mouthhole diameter: ca. 20-21 mm
Bell diameter 53 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1996 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
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. 20, 22, 278.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07175
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