Shepherd's trumpet

National Museum of the American Indian

Object Details

Culture/People
Quechua
Collector
Earl Wanser, Non-Indian, 1883-1954
Previous owner
Earl Wanser, Non-Indian, 1883-1954
Seller
Earl Wanser, Non-Indian, 1883-1954
Collection History
Collected by Earl Wanser (1883-1954, a carpenter who worked intermittently in Peru between 1920 and 1924); purchased by MAI from Earl Wanser in 1924.
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Date created
circa 1910
Catalog Number
12/7303
Barcode
127303.000
Object Type
Music and Sound
Object Name
Shepherd's trumpet
Media/Materials
Cow horn, wood, hide thong/babiche
Techniques
Cut, drilled, pegged, carved, tied
Dimensions
47 x 26 x 16 cm
Place
Mountains 50 miles east of Huancayo; Huancayo Province; Junín Region; Peru
See related items
Quechua
Music and Sound
On View
NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Andes
National Museum of the American Indian
Record ID
NMAI_136956
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c7712003-c458-4c3b-ae5c-b60debdfaf38
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