Donor Name:

Chinese Centennial Commission  Search this

Culture:

Chinese  Search this

Object Type:

Trombone

Place:

China, Asia

Accession Date:

1882

Notes:

FROM CARD: "A BRASS TRUMPET WITH TWO SLIDING TUBES. THIS INSTRUMENT YIELDS A MOURNFUL SOUND AND IS FOR THE MOST PART USED IN FUNERAL PROCESSIONS. ITS SLIDING TUBES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF A TROMBONE. ITS MOUTH-PIECE IS REMARKABLY BROAD AND THIN AND IS PERFECTLY FLAT, INSTEAD OF BEING CONCAVE AS IN EUROPEAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. SEE MAHILLON, VOL. 1, P. 181, NO. 140, "HWANG-REIH" PHOTO ON DRUM CARD 9."

Record Last Modified:

14 Nov 2016

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

005892

USNM Number:

E54053-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c7f0b3e7-397d-4152-9afc-1001c8918d67

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8468285