Trumpet

Description

Trumpet made of a thigh bone with a cord mount and metal fixings to top and around the base of the trumpet: Tibet/Nepal border, 20th century AD

Museum reference

A.1980.182

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Trumpet

Production information

Tibet Autonomous Region, China, East Asia
Nepal, South Asia

Date

20th century

Style / Culture

Tibetan

Materials

Human bone

Physical description

Human thigh bone with cord mount

Exhibitions

• Man and Music (16 Aug 1983 - 15 Jan 1984)
  Royal Scottish Museum