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AN ASMAT BAMBOO TRUMPET, fu, AND A BOIKEN WHISTLE, amira
The trumpet of cylindrical form with anthropomorphic geometric fields of design, representing ancestors, in diamond shaped areas, well worn surface, native repair at split; the whistle with incised spiral and zigzag motifs with two holes
The whistle 3½in. (8.2cm.), the trumpet 13in. (33cm.) long (2)
The trumpet of cylindrical form with anthropomorphic geometric fields of design, representing ancestors, in diamond shaped areas, well worn surface, native repair at split; the whistle with incised spiral and zigzag motifs with two holes
The whistle 3½in. (8.2cm.), the trumpet 13in. (33cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Herbert Baker Collection for the trumpet
Literature
Bowers Museum, 1975, for the trumpet.
Exhibited
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, The Art of Oceania, 1975, for the trumpet .