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: OBTAINED FROM HU?TOKOT, A 35 Y/O MALE. "UNKNOWN HOW HE BECAME THE FINAL OWNER" MADE FOR USE OF PO?POI, A FEMALE IN THE WE?TE CEREMONY OF 1963. IT MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN USED IN OTHER CEREMONIES DURING THE 1963-64 SEASON. THE RESONATOR IS COW HORN. THE SHAFT IS BAMBOO WITH WOVEN COVERWORK. THE LIGHT IS ARROWCANE AND THE DARK IS IMBE. THE COVERWORK BINDING IS WHITE COTTON COVERED WITH WAX. UNWAXED WHITE COTTON BINDING ALSO COVERS THE JOINT BETWEEN THE COWHORN AND THE SHAFT, AND HAS COME LOOSE, AND "MAY POSSIBLY BE A REPAIR MADE DURING USE. THE COTTON IS NEWER IN APPEARANCE AND IS WRAPPED IN A DIRECTION INCONSITENT WITH OTHER BINDINGS." THE SUSPENSION CORD IS COTTON WHICH IS ANCHORED NEAR THE MOUTHPIECE COVERWORK BINDING, AND AGAIN 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE SHAFT, AND ENDS IN SMALL TASSELS. FOUR PENDANTS ARE ATTACHED BY COTTON STRING STRUNG WITH SEEDS, TIPPED BY LONG RED/BLUE MACAW FEATHERS AND SHORT ORANGE/RED/GREEN PARROT FEATHERS. THREE ATTACHMENTS ARE COVERED BY DEER HOOF TIPS, ONE COVERED BY A GREEN PLASTIC BELL-BEAD. DR. NEWTON SAYS THE QUALITY OF THIS TRUMPET IS SECOND ONLY TO E48370IN CRAFTSMANSHIP AND AESTHETICS. PRICE PAID: 1300 CRS. MADE BY FRANCISCO, 35 Y/O MALE
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E428371-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 71 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 22 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm