Carved bamboo head-hunting horn

Museum number:
11-37334
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110037334
Accession number:
Acc.1804
Donor:
Morton D. May
Collection place:
Noordwest River, West Papua Province, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Asmat
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hand horns
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977), S1977-1978 #50: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (April 11, 1978–June 7, 1978), S1978-1979 #29: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Nelson H.H. Graburn (November 1, 1978–December 5, 1978), and S1978-1979 #39: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Colleen Beck (January 17, 1979–March 31, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Carved bamboo head-hunting horn, accession number 11-37334, no description available.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Carved bamboo head-hunting horn, accession number 11-37334, no description available.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Carved bamboo head-hunting horn, accession number 11-37334, no description available.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Carved bamboo head-hunting horn, accession number 11-37334, no description available.

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