Thigh Bone Trumpet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Tsering Lhungay Family
label: Donor Name
content: Tsering R. Lhungay
notes: label: Notes
content: TRUMPET MADE OF HUMAN THIGH BONE, PLATED W/ INCISED SILVER (FLORAL DESIGNS) AT BOTH ENDS. CENTER SECTION NEAR MOUTH PIECE WOUND AROUND MANY TIMES W/ TWISTED SILVER WIRE. INSET TURQUOISE AT BOTH ENDS. USED AT MANY RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES, ESPECIALLY FOR EXORCISING DEMONS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353024
label: USNM Number
content: E422275-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 31 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8 cm