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Trumpet, end-blown
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
Materials Wood, Coconut, Organic material, Vegetable fiber, Pigment, Coconut shell
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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