Cowhorn Trumpet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM THE JEAN CARTER LAVE COLLECTION. "THE ASSOCIATION OF PARTS A & B IS A BEST GUESS, BOTH LOST FIELD NUMBERS AND CAME WITH THE JCL COLLECTION WITH NO OTHER LIKELY ASSOCIATION. THE PENDANT WOULD BE ATTACHED TO SHAFT AS OTHERS." THE OBJECT HAS BEEN USED. ONE FEATHER FROM THE DOUBLE PAIR IS LOST, PROBABLY PRIOR TO PURCHASE. URUCU STAINED. THE JOINT OF THE HORN TO BAMBOO IS NOT FIRM AND ONE FEATHER IS DETACHED. THE RESONATOR IS COWHORN, THE AIRSHAFT IS BAMBOO WITH WOVEN COVERWORK OF LIGHT ARROWCANE AND DARK IMBE. THE OPENING IS IN THE UPPER SIDE OF THE SHAFT AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY COVERWORK. THE BINDING IS COTTON. THE SUSPENSION CORD AND IT'S BINDING ARE TUCUM. THERE ARE 6 MACAW FEATHER PENDANTS WHICH CONSIST OF SEEDS STRUNG ON CORD, AND DEER HOOF TIPS, SOME OF WHICH ARE BROKEN, THAT COVER THE FEATHER ATTACHMENTS. FEATHERS ARE IN POOR CONDITION. PRICE PAID: UNKNOWN. FOR CENSUS INFORMATION SEE ACCESSION PAPERS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E428372-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 74 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 24 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm