Trumpet made from human femur

Made:: 1701-1900 in Tibet

Trumpet, made from human femur, decorated with copper and brass, Tibetan, 1701-1900

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A17517

Materials:: brass, copper, alloy, unknown and leather

Measurements:: length 325 mm
width 70 mm
thickness 53 mm

type:: human remains and trumpets

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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Trumpet, made from human femur, decorated with copper and brass, Tibetan, 1701-1900

Trumpet, made from human femur

Trumpet, made from human femur, decorated with copper and brass, Tibetan, 1701-1900

Materials:: bone

Object Number:: A17517/1

type:: human remains

Acquisition label denoting the sale of Trumpet, made from human femur, decorated with copper and brass, which is inscribed: ‘trumpet – human thigh bone: Tibetan – brass mounted. Accession no. 17517. Check number: 14487/ 25th Aug/ 1933