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Trumpet (rkang-gling)

late 19th century
Object PlaceTibet
Medium/TechniqueCopper, brass, stones
DimensionsLength 44.9 cm, width 9.6 cm (Length 17 11/16 in., width 3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.282
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance1984, sold by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
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