Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Musical Instruments: July 2011–June 2012
Shell trumpet (dung-dkar)
1850–1900
23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Conch shell (Turbinella pyrum), silver, turquoise, cornelian
Classification: Musical instruments
Object Place: Probably Tibet
Accession number: 2012.164
Provenance/Ownership History: October 16, 2010, sold by Ms. Marshall, England, to Tony Bingham, London; 2011, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2012)
Frederick Brown Fund