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Conch-shell trumpet
Alternate name:Dung-dkar
Date: 1990-1997 ca.
Place Made:Tibet, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionRight-turning white conch (turbinella pyrum) with carved floral decoration.
DimensionsLength: ca. 205 mm
Width: ca. 110 mm
Width: ca. 110 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not 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. 3, 272.
Object number: 07200