Trumpet; curved copper tubing w/decoration of brass w/curvilinear designs; bell end is dragon-like head w/open mouth; modified into ashtray by addition of copper stand & a cigarette rest inside mouth; single elaborate horn (other missing) 46 cm. long, 7 cm. wide at mouth
Donor:
Marybelle Barton
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Himalayas, Tibet attr. (fide: Sibyl Marcuse, 1978)
Collector:
Rexford W. Barton
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Trumpets (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
July 10, 1972
Context of use:
tube) Trumpet fashioned into ashtray.The dbang-dung is a small brassor copper trumpet of Tibet,15-24in.long,that is used in various actsof consecration & produces a single high note.Info from Sibyl Ma
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1977-1978 #66: Music Library (UC Berkeley)/John Emerson (May 23, 1978–May 24, 1978), S1987-1988 #4: Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion (July 15, 1987–September 21, 1987), and S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)