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Shell trumpet (sak)

19th century
Object Place: Sri Lanka

Medium/Technique Seashell
Dimensions Length 15.1 cm, width 10.3 cm (Length 5 15/16 in., width 4 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2170
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)

Three tones
Performed by Darcy Kuronen