423.111.2 End-blown conches with mouthpiece

Dung-dkar, end-blown conch (Turbinella [formerly Xancus] pyrum) trumpet, the apex cut off to create a mouth hole. A metal mount with an engraved design of foliage and a border of skulls(?) covers the upper whorls, and a similar mount with a border engraved in a geometrical pattern covers the body whorl. The siphonal canal is filled in and is covered by the lower mount.

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MUSEUM NUMBER
2013.357
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 230 mm x 90 mm x 80 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
conch shell; metal
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
LOCATION
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