Home
>
Works
>
End-blown horn
>
Advanced Search
Folk, Indigenous, and Global
Trumpets and Horns
Image Not Available
End-blown horn
Image Not Available
End-blown horn
Vernacular name:Ranasringa
Vernacular name:Sringa
Vernacular name:Singzshringa
Vernacular name:Kombu
Vernacular name:Kahala
Date: 1800-1899 ca.
Place Made:India, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionA two-piece, S-shaped horn of hammered copper, with an integral mouthpiece. Embellished with red paint and varnish. Played above the player’s head with the bell pointed forward.
DimensionsHeight: 1000 mm
Bell diameter: 140 mm
Bell diameter: 140 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1978 from Wurlitzer-Bruck, New York, New York.
Terms
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 1978
Not on view
Published ReferencesAlexander Buchner, Folk Instruments of the World, (New York: Crown), 1972, pp. 54, pl. 50.
S. Krishnaswami, Musical Instruments of India, (New Delhi: Ministry of Information),
1971, p. 50 & plate between pp. 40-41.
Thomas E. Cross, “Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet,” SMM
Catalog Vol. II (1982), page 6.
Thomas E. Cross, Musical Instruments of Burma, MM Thesis, USD, May 1983, page 15, plate III.
André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion:
National Music Museum, 1988), p. 29.
Exhibition History:
1979-On display in Beede Gallery (India exhibit)
Performance/Use History
S. Krishnaswami, Musical Instruments of India, (New Delhi: Ministry of Information),
1971, p. 50 & plate between pp. 40-41.
Thomas E. Cross, “Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet,” SMM
Catalog Vol. II (1982), page 6.
Thomas E. Cross, Musical Instruments of Burma, MM Thesis, USD, May 1983, page 15, plate III.
André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion:
National Music Museum, 1988), p. 29.
Exhibition History:
1979-On display in Beede Gallery (India exhibit)
Performance/Use History
Object number: 02421