Trumpet
Unidentified Iatmul maker
Kanganaman village
Middle Sepik River
Papua New Guinea
probably Inter-War Period (about 1918-1942)
Wood, fiber, resin, and red pigment
Overall: 19 11/16 × 4 1/8 in. (50 × 10.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27348
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Art and Culture in New Guinea Societies: The Abelam and their Neighbors, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 28-April 30, 2000.
The Primitive Arts of the Sepik River, New Guinea, The Lang Art Galleries, Scripps College, Claremont, California, October 18-December 17, 1960, no. 4479.
Publication History
The Lang Art Galleries, Scripps College, The Primitive Arts of the Sepik River, New Guinea, Claremont, CA: The Lang Art Galleries, Scripps College, 1960, no. 4479.
Provenance
Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
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