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Shell trumpet (dung-dkar)
1850–1900
Object Place: Probably Tibet
Medium/Technique
Seashell, silver, semiprecious stones
Dimensions
Length 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Michael D. Wolfe in memory of his wife Elise Wolfe
Accession Number2002.613
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
Provenance2002, sold by source unidentified, India, to Tony Bingham, London; 2002, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 2002)
Three tones
Performed by Darcy Kuronen