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.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan,unspecified
Collection date:
before 1893
Materials:
Silk and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trumpets (aerophones)
Function:
7.2 Sound Communication
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Such trumpets have been used in Japan for centuries as:war trumpets,signal sounders,assembly callers in mtn.villages,& for exorcising evil spirits by Buddhist priests.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1972-1973 #91: Southeast Asian Studies Department (UC Berkeley) (May 1, 1973–May 2, 1973), S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1982-1983 #22: Saint Mary’s College of California (December 29, 1982–February 18, 1983), and S1986-1987 #36: Heffernan Films (June 8, 1987–June 9, 1987)