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1951.5.28

End blown conch shell trumpet.

1951.5.28

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Collection type
Object
Description
End blown conch shell trumpet.
Cultural groups
Qʼeqchiʼ
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1951
Date collected
By 1951
Acquisition information
Donated: 1951
Materials and processes
Material Conch Shell, Process Perforated, Process Sawn
Dimensions
Diameter: max 16 mm mouth hole, Width: max 155 mm, Depth: max 100 mm, Length: max 200 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1951.5.28
Associated publications
Apparently this conch shell is Strombas gigas, the queen conch. [CW 7/6/2000]

Search terms: Music, Hunting, Musical Instrument, Hunting accessory, Signal, Trumpet

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