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End-blown trumpet
Vernacular name:Rkang-gling
Date: 1850 ca.
Place Made:Tibet, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
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
External diameter (smallest, largest): 38 mm, 79 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1991, Brussels, Belgium.
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. 11-12, 274.
Object number: 07038