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Side-blown trumpet
Vernacular name:Towel
Date: 1950-1970 ca.
Place Made:Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionWood, carved with a knife, top with a man upside down, two animal heads (a monster and a snake) and two crocodiles on the sides; round mouthhole.
This is the most ghastly scene found on these side-blown war trumpets. It depicts the frightening confrontation of a human with wild animals and evil spirits. A man is threatened by two crocodiles and a devil's or monster's head, while holding onto a snake's head with his hands and feet.
This is the most ghastly scene found on these side-blown war trumpets. It depicts the frightening confrontation of a human with wild animals and evil spirits. A man is threatened by two crocodiles and a devil's or monster's head, while holding onto a snake's head with his hands and feet.
DimensionsHeight: 635 mm
Effective tube length: ca. 362 mm
Mouthhole diameter: ca. 17
Bell diameter: ca. 61 mm
Effective tube length: ca. 362 mm
Mouthhole diameter: ca. 17
Bell diameter: ca. 61 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from New Guinea Primitive Arts, Sydney, Australia.
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. 22, 277.
Object number: 07285