Thighbone trumpet

Museum number:
9-5272
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1216
Description:
Trumpet of lower 2/3 of rt.human femur (Kang-Dung);brass mouthpiece over proximal end; untanned leather sewn over distal end;l. 11.25 in.
Donor:
Isabel T. Kelly
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Isabel T. Kelly
Collection date:
1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Femurs and Trumpets (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1957
Context of use:
Used in exorcising ceremonies;rt.femur,probably female's-G.S.K.,July26,1961.The sound of the drum & trumpet call the spirits in relig.rites.Info supp.by Prof.Lewis Lancaster,UCB OrientLang, 1976.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #97: Kenneth Versand (May 16, 1976–May 16, 1976) and S1987-1988 #4: Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion (July 15, 1987–September 21, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Thighbone trumpet, accession number 9-5272, described as Trumpet of lower 2/3 of rt.human femur (Kang-Dung);brass mouthpiece over proximal end; untanned leather sewn over distal end;l. 11.25 in.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Thighbone trumpet, accession number 9-5272, described as Trumpet of lower 2/3 of rt.human femur (Kang-Dung);brass mouthpiece over proximal end; untanned leather sewn over distal end;l. 11.25 in.

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