Trumpet
Reproduction
MS3959
From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain) | Herculaneum (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Native Name | Cornu |
| Object Number | MS3959 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain) | Herculaneum (uncertain) |
| Manufacture Location | Naples |
| Creator | J. Chiurazzi and Fils |
| Date Made | 1903 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Technique | Cast |
| Description | Reproduction of a bronze cornu. Lacks wood cross bar which rested on the player's left shoulder to be grasped by his left hand, his right hand pressing the mouthpiece against his lips. Used at the beginning of the Christian era in infantry bands, at funerals, at circus plays and bachanals. Fair condition. End piece detached, metal coroded. (Musical Instrument Card) |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. Chiurazzi and Fils (Foundry); subscription of John Wanamaker, 1902 |
| Other Number | 76888 - Naples Museum Number | A unknown - Seder Number | DAS 19 - Other Number | 148 - Maker Number |
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