Shell trumpet (dung-dkar)
- 1850–1900
- Probably Tibet
- Dimensions
- Length 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
- Medium or Technique
- Seashell, silver, semiprecious stones
- Classification
- Musical instruments
- Accession Number
- 2002.613
- On view
- Musical Instruments Gallery - 103D
Mon–Tue: 10 am–4:45 pm;
Wed–Fri: 10 am–9:45 pm;
Sat–Sun: 10 am–4:45 pm
Music: Three tones (performed by Darcy Kuronen)
2002, sold by source unidentified, India, to Tony Bingham, London; 2002, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 2002)
Museum purchase with funds donated by Michael D. Wolfe in memory of his wife Elise Wolfe
© 2012 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston