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End-blown horn
End-blown horn
End-blown horn

End-blown horn

Date1900 ca.
Place MadeIndia, Asia
Serial No.none
SignedNone
Markingsnone
DescriptionCopper and brass, s-shaped in five sections, bosses at the joints filled with rattling material (likely metal splinters); integral mouthpiece. Used as a signal horn for heralding dignitaries, signaling the sunset, and controlling livestock on the way to market. Also played for processions, temple services, marriages, and funerals.
DimensionsHeight: ca. 1010 mm
Tube length: 1714 mm
Bell diameter: 140 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1991 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), p. 282.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07053
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