Trumpet
29-50-683
From: New Guinea | Kararau
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-683 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Kararau |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Clay | Peel | Pigment |
| Iconography | Boar | Human Face |
| Description | Wooden. Cf. 29-50-679 for form. Large size like 29-50-682. Top carved into (?pig's) head, with basketwork ring behind. Mouthpiece built up with clay (damaged). Lightly incised painted decoration on rest of trumpet includes large human mask. |
| Length | 127.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 14.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 530 - Other Number |
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