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Shell trumpet (pututu)
Shell trumpet (pututu)

Shell trumpet (pututu)

A.D. 1500–1800
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueSeashell, cane, resin
DimensionsLength 17.4 cm, width 13.7 cm (Length 6 7/8 in., width 5 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.404
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore 1984, purchased at a markey, Cuzco, Peru, by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
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