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End-blown horn

End-blown horn

Vernacular name:Tuohitorvi
Date: 1995 ca.
Place Made:Finland, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionBirch bark wrapped around itself, terminal end sewn with rattan; no specifically-shaped mouthpiece.
DimensionsHeight: ca. 417 mm
Tube lengthL ca. 425 mm
External diameter (smallest, largest): ca. 17-105 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Jaakko Rislakki, Finland.
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. 24, 280.
Object number: 07292