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1884.112.23

Shell trumpet

1884.112.23

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Collection type
Object
Description
Shell trumpet
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1877
Date collected
?Prior to 1877
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Diameter: max 85 mm, Diameter: max 14 mm embouchure, Length: max 205 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.112.23 PR Cat other PR nos: 3013
Research and responses

PD Charonia tritonis - Linnaeus. [HLR]

It seems likely that the date in the accession book has been mistranscribed at some point, most of the objects receipted on 27.9.77 in the green book were dated 25.9.77 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Trumpet

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