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Object Number
00-8-70/55314
Display Title
Conch shell trumpet
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Davui
Object Description
Conch shell trumpet, war trumpet. Bursa Bubo shell, end-blown through hole made by removing tip of shell; woven fiber handle in T-shape; finger hole in central portion of shell to alter pitch.
Inventory Description
Shell trumpet, conch, brown and buff spiral, tip cut, hole at side, fiber loop
Classification
- Musical
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Conch, Vegetable fiber, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 30.35 x 20.1 x 10.4 cm (11 15/16 x 7 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55314/ 65/44
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67-2-70/64 | Davui (conch shell trumpet) |
Musical
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Fiji
| |
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Musical
|
Oceania
| |
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Unclassified
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Bougainville Island
| |
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Utilized Shell
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Carabobo
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Likiang
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for Small pair of conch-shells perforated at apices for use as trumpets or sacred mu
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Las Acequias
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| |
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Bougainville Island
| |
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Woodwind
|
Bougainville Island
| |
| 40-12-70/1888 | Trumpet, end-blown |
Woodwind
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| |
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Woodwind
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Bougainville Island
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