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1931.86.169

Large cylindrical wooden trumpet with carved anthropomorphic and other designs thrown into low relief and painted. Mouthpiece a coconut held on with putty nut cement. (JM)

1931.86.169

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Collection type
Object
Description
Large cylindrical wooden trumpet with carved anthropomorphic and other designs thrown into low relief and painted. Mouthpiece a coconut held on with putty nut cement. (JM)
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Bougainville Kurtachi
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 10/1930
Date collected
By October 1930
Acquisition information
Donated: 1931
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Coconut Plant, Material Pigment, Process Perforated, Process Hollowed, Process Decorated, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions
Length: max 985 mm, Diameter: max 145 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1931.86.169 Other numbers: Blackwood number 168

Search terms: Music, Dance, Musical Instrument, Trumpet

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