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Side-blown horn
Vernacular name:Tori
Date: 1850-1899 ca.
Place Made:Madhya Pradesh, Bastar district, India, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
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.
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
Effective tu length: 275 mm
Mouthhole diameter: 15 mm x 24 mm
Bell diameter: ca. 62 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997, New Delhi, India.
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. 55–56, 283.
Object number: 07203