Side-blown horn
Vernacular Name
- Tori
Date1850-1899 ca.
Place MadeMadhya Pradesh, Bastar district, India, Asia
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DescriptionCast brass or bronze in lost-wax technique with wire decoration; applied peacock; oval mouthhole with bulging rim.
The peacock is the most symbolic bird in Indian art and culture, and stands for romantic love and beauty.
DimensionsHeight (straight line): ca. 400 mm
Effective tu length: 275 mm
Mouthhole diameter: 15 mm x 24 mm
Bell diameter: ca. 62 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997, New Delhi, India.
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. 55–56, 283.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07203
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