Trumpet, wooden, carved & painted, fiber basketry

Museum number:
11-37651
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
trumpet, wooden, tubular; with carved designs; rattan binding around mouthpiece end; 58.4 cm 1.
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
May River Tributary, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trumpets (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Trumpet, wooden, carved & painted, fiber basketry, accession number 11-37651, described as trumpet, wooden, tubular; with carved designs; rattan binding around mouthpiece end; 58.4 cm 1.

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