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Mouthpiece for shell trumpet
Object Number 99-12-70/53500
Display Title Mouthpiece for shell trumpet
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mouthpiece, carved wood, slightly conical, perforated, biomorphic design
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Materials Wood, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 10.2 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm (4 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53500; 32.PEABODY-H
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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