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Horn/Trumpet

Gulf Shell Trumpet PNG

Papau New Guinea
Melanesia - Papua New Guinea

Tritone Shell
Early 20th century

32cm (12.5 inches)

Old side-blown Titan Shell Trumpet displaying a patina typical of pieces stored under a house on the beach leaving them calcified rather than smoked. This Papua New Guinea Gulf Trumpet is used mainly as a signaling device rather than a musical instrument; however, it has been known to be used when a group is celebrating a wedding, a successful hunt or the arrival of important visitors.

 

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Catalog#: OC-AELV-15