Trumpet
65-10-46
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 65-10-46 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Organic | Reed (plant) | Cotton |
| Description | Hollow cane base with curved armadillo tail on end; joint wrapped with black and white cord; yellow razor grass; achiote paint on white cord; small red parrot feathers attachedl razor grass design on back of tail held in place with wax (cf. 65-10-56). Used as noisemaker for fertility rites by certain men only. |
| Length | 65 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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