Chinese Horn (Hao-L'Ung)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Chinese Centennial Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BRASS TRUMPET, IN TWO PIECES, WITH TELESCOPIC ACTION. "THIS INSTRUMENT IS USED BY THE CHINESE FOR MILITARY PURPOSES, TAKING THE PLACE OF OUR BUGLE. IT CAN BE HEARD AT A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE, AND FOR COMMUNICATING SIGNALS IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE IS MORE SUITABLE THAN GONGS, A CONTINUAL ROLL ON WHICH IS KEPT UP DURING THE FRAY. "IT IS ALSO USED IN THE THEATRICAL ORCHESTRAS, AND BY THE OFFICIAL BANDS STATIONED AT THE YAMENS OR PUBLIC OFFICES." (ALABASTER.) SEE MAHILLON VOL. 1, P. 181, NO. 139. "HWANG TEIH" PHOTO ON DRUM CARD 5."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Nov 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005892
label: USNM Number
content: E54054-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Horn