Conch-shell trumpet
Date1990 ca.
Place MadeTibet, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnoneDescriptionRight-turning white conch (turbinella pyrum), low-grade silver; red plastic pearl (coral imitation). Small versions of the dung-dkar with low-grade silver decoration are sold as tourist instruments. The decoration is limited to a sea-monster (makara) and a lotus flower.
DimensionsLength: ca. 155 mm
Width: ca. 73 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1993, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.
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. 6, 272.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07092
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