End-blown trumpet
Vernacular Name
- Rkang-gling
Date1850 ca.
Place MadeTibet, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionAnimal horn (body); silver (ferrule and bell); brass (mouthpiece); copper (internal tube); three-piece, curved tubing; the animal horn exterior encloses a conical copper tube, which starts very narrow at the mouthpiece throat, and then widens until it meets the internal diameter of the horn part at the bell; cast receiver ferrule with geometric repetitive patterns (interlocking squares, triangular lines, hatching, and scroll pattern); cast and engraved dragon’s head with brass tongue serving as bell; inlaid alternating coral and turquoise beads where the bell meets the animal-horn part; a larger coral in the center of the dragon's head; fixed shallow-cup mouthpiece.
DimensionsOverall length (straight): ca. 380 mm
Tube length: ca. 340 mm
External diameter (smallest, largest): 31 mm, 54 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from E. & J. Frankel, Ltd., New York, New York.
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. 15, 17, 274.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07318
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1850 ca.
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1900-1925 ca.
1900 ca.