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
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Tibet
Collector:
Robert Gross
Collection date:
July 1970
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Femurs and Trumpets (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
February 1, 1974
Context of use:
Used at puja(relig.ceremonies)during recitation of sacred text in Tibetan(tantric)rituals predominantly by men.The sound of the drum & the trumpet call the spirits in religious rites.(sketch-card back