Trumpet,leg-bone(kang-dung);section of tibia,chased silver-colored metal mouthpiece & end brace,skin coverings,sewn at either end,turquoise & coral gems set into metal at one end;34 cm.L.;7.2 cm.w.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
H. M. Lissauer
Materials:
Skin (collagenous material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trumpets (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
November 16, 1970
Context of use:
rumpet. Used by monks in exorcism rites.The sound of the drum & trumpet call the spirits in relig.rites.Info supplied by Prof.Lewis Lancaster,UCB Dept of OrientLang.,1976. Sketch on back of cat card
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), S1975-1976 #97: Kenneth Versand (May 16, 1976–May 16, 1976), S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977), and S1977-1978 #66: Music Library (UC Berkeley)/John Emerson (May 23, 1978–May 24, 1978)