Side-blown trumpet
Date1950-1970 ca.
Place MadeKanengra, Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, Asia
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DescriptionDark-stained wood, carved with a knife; top with male head; body carved with narrow columns of churingas, zigzags, cross hatching, rectangles, and crescent shapes, divided into two major segments; in the center the decoration incorporates a knot in the wood and is carved around it; mouthhole nearly square with rounded corners and protruding rim.
DimensionsHeight: 610 mm
Effective tube length: ca. 370 mm
Mouthhole dimentions: ca. 27 x 27 mm
Bell diameter: ca. 79 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from New Guinea Primitive Arts, Sydney, Australia.
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. 2—22, 277.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07281
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1950-1970 ca.
1950-1970 ca.
1950-1970 ca.
1950-1970 ca.
1950-1970 ca.
1950-1970 ca.