Object class: Trumpets (aerophones) / Object type: ethnography / Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bone trumpet, accession number 9-10836, described as Trumpet,leg-bone(kang-dung);section of tibia,chased silver-colored metal mouthpiece & end brace,skin coverings,sewn at either end,turquoise & coral gems set into metal at one end;34 cm.L.;7.2 cm.w.

Hearst Museum object titled Instrument, accession number 9-8966, described as Large shell trumpet HORAGAI,made from Charonia tritonis shell w/apexperforated & filled w/a red lacquered wooden mouthpiece, the whole covered w/purple silk net & green tassels;L.45 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Thighbone trumpet, accession number 9-12790, described as Trumpet (thighbone trumpet);human femur wrapped w/copper wire & leather;L. 31 cm. CONTEXTUSE info supplied by Prof.Lewis Lancaster,UCB Dept. of Oriental Languages, 1976