Thighbone Trumpet

Object specifics

• Type
  Animal Remains; Religion; Music/sound
• Culture
  Tibetan
• Artist/Maker
  Unknown or unrecorded
• Place made
  Asia: Central Asia: Tibet [China]: Ü-Tsang
• Date made
  1956 before
• Materials
  Bone Human; Skin Human; Alloy Copper; Gilt Metal
• Location
  Item not currently on display
• Acquisition
  Purchased from the collections of Norwich Castle Museum, 1956
• Collector
  Unknown or unrecorded
• Place collected
  Not recorded
• Date collected
  1956 before
• Measurements
  288 mm x 65 mm x 57 mm; 11 5/16 in x 2 9/16 in x 2 1/4 in
• Note
  Noted as coming from Kalungtung, North India, but it is not clear if this was a monastery or an area, no record of this location has been found (there is a possibility that this is actually Kalung dzong, in southern Tibet). Although collected in India it is likely to be from Tibet. The item was orginally acquired from a G.A. Nevill, although no data in the history file the Pitt Rivers Museum has a G. A. Neville collecting 2 objects in India dated before 1923.
• Related people
  Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Previous owner)