Trumpet
Musical Horn
2017-14-9
From: New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 2017-14-9 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Asmat |
Provenience | New Guinea |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bamboo |
Description | End blown straight trumpet. Fu. Length of bamboo, closed at one end by a septum pierced by a round hole. Other end open. Surface covered with a net-like carved pattern. Signaling horn, formerly used in warfare. |
Length | 42 cm |
Outside Diameter | 9.2 cm |
Credit Line | Gift from the collection of Robert C. and Mae R. Carter, 2017 |
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