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Object Number 67-2-70/64
Display Title Davui (conch shell trumpet)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Davui
Object Description Horn made from a shell. Conch shell trumpet. Bursa Bubo shell; side-blown through hole on spiral of shell.
Inventory Description Shell trumpet, conch, brown and buff spiral bands, tip cut, hole at side
Classification
  • Musical
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Conch
Dimensions Overall: 40.45 x 21.5 x 10.3 cm (15 15/16 x 8 7/16 x 4 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64
Credit Line Gift of Harvard College, 1867
Provenance
Donor Harvard College (1867)

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