Shell Trumpet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Thomas A. Budd
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: TRITON SHELL WITH A HOLE CUT NEAR THE APEX. PUBLICATION: USNM BULLETIN 136 HANDBOOK OF THE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS BY FRANCIS DENMORE, PL. 19-H, P. 46 AND 132.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WAR HORN--MADE OF CONCH-SHELL (TRITON VERIEGATUM), WITH MOUTH-HOLE THREE INCHES FROM APEX; OPENING OF THE SHELL 7 1/2 BY 5 INCHES. MOUTH HOLE IN SPIRE NEXT TO BODY WHORL. SEE ALSO CAT. NOS. 3825; 2906-8, FOR SIMILAR TYPES OF SHELL TRUMPET FROM ARATICA ISLAND (CARLSHOFF OR KARLSHOFF) IN THE PAUMOTU AND FIJI GROUPS. ILLUS. IN BULLETIN 136, USNM, P1. 19-H, P. 132." FROM SECOND CARD: "PUA OR FOA-FOA WAR HORN. A CONCH SHELL (TRITON VARIEGATUM) THE MOUTH HOLE IN ITS SIDE THREE INCHES FROM APEX OF SHELL."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3466-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 15 cm