Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Shell trumpet (dung-dkar)

1850–1900
Object Place: Probably Tibet

Medium/Technique Conch shell (Turbinella pyrum), silver, turquoise, cornelian
Dimensions 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number2012.164
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

ProvenanceOctober 16, 2010, sold by Ms. Marshall, England, to Tony Bingham, London; 2011, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2012)