Shell trumpet

Museum number:
9-16245
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090016245
Accession number:
Acc.3578
Description:
Trumpet,conch shell w/base of silver overlay;shell engraved w/a flower; 12.7 cm. long
Donor:
Norma Hill
Collection place:
New Delhi, Delhi State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India;; New Delhi
Collector:
Norma Hill
Collection date:
October 1980
Materials:
Shell (animal material) and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.2 Sound Communication
Accession date:
October 1, 1980
Context of use:
cost equivalent to U.S.$3
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shell trumpet, accession number 9-16245, described as Trumpet,conch shell w/base of silver overlay;shell engraved w/a flower; 12.7 cm. longHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shell trumpet, accession number 9-16245, described as Trumpet,conch shell w/base of silver overlay;shell engraved w/a flower; 12.7 cm. long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell trumpet, accession number 9-16245, described as Trumpet,conch shell w/base of silver overlay;shell engraved w/a flower; 12.7 cm. long

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