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Object Number
40-12-70/1733
Display Title
Trumpet, end-blown
Descriptions
Object Description
Trumpet, end-blown. End-blown wooden trumpet with half of coconut shell covering one end of cylinder; hole in coconut shell used as a mouthpiece to vibrate ait column within cylinder; carved designs near open end.
Inventory Description
Woodwind, wood tube, coconut shell mouthpiece, incised pigmented designs
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Bougainville Island
Dimensions
Overall: 91.5 x 13.75 x 12.25 cm (36 x 5 7/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-12-70/1733/ HURU KUKU/ SIWAI/ tei DIETA
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Douglas L. Oliver
Collector
Eleanor Oliver
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