Trumpet
Musical Horn
2017-14-9
From: New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2017-14-9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Asmat |
| Provenience | New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bamboo |
| Description | End blown straight trumpet. Fu. Length of bamboo, closed at one end by a septum pierced by a round hole. Other end open. Surface covered with a net-like carved pattern. Signaling horn, formerly used in warfare. |
| Length | 42 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift from the collection of Robert C. and Mae R. Carter, 2017 |
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