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Trumpet, side-blown
Object Number 60-55-70/3922
Display Title Trumpet, side-blown
Descriptions
Object Description Trumpet, side-blown. Conical wooden trumpet with one open end, one closed end; blowhole at one third of the trumpet; closed end covered with carved image of bird; band of interwoven rattan strips around circumference near open end.
Inventory Description Horn, carved wood, conical, rounded mouthpiece, carved bird head, fiber band
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Gaikorobi-Village District; Dambui
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Pigment, Rattan
Dimensions Overall: 43.5 x 8 x 8 cm (17 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 60-55-70/3922

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