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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
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

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