Bone trumpet

Museum number:
9-18166
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4207
Description:
Bone trumpet; Left human femur, some ligament remaining; Hip joint sawed off; Pitch used for repair at knee end; Brown, polished from use. Length: 31.5 cm.
Donor:
Wendy Franklin
Collection place:
Kathmandu, Nepal
Verbatim coll. place:
Nepal;; Kathmandu
Collector:
Wendy Franklin
Collection date:
1973
Materials:
Pitch (tar) (modified left human femur)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trumpets (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Context of use:
Ritual musical instr.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bone trumpet, accession number 9-18166, described as Bone trumpet; Left human femur, some ligament remaining; Hip joint sawed off; Pitch used for repair at knee end; Brown, polished from use. Length: 31.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bone trumpet, accession number 9-18166, described as Bone trumpet; Left human femur, some ligament remaining; Hip joint sawed off; Pitch used for repair at knee end; Brown, polished from use. Length: 31.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bone trumpet, accession number 9-18166, described as Bone trumpet; Left human femur, some ligament remaining; Hip joint sawed off; Pitch used for repair at knee end; Brown, polished from use. Length: 31.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bone trumpet, accession number 9-18166, described as Bone trumpet; Left human femur, some ligament remaining; Hip joint sawed off; Pitch used for repair at knee end; Brown, polished from use. Length: 31.5 cm.

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