End-blown trumpet
Date1850 ca.
Place MadeTibet, Asia
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SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionHuman bone (femur) forming core, brass wire and repoussé work covering it; white coral; double bell representing dragon's-head; mouthpiece consists of oval brass disc and is permanently attached to end of femur.
DimensionsOverall length, tube length: 330 mm
External diameter (smallest, largest): 38 mm, 79 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1991, Brussels, Belgium.
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. 11-12, 274.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07038
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