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Source Description
Conch shell trumpets were used during many kinds of important events throughout the ancient Americas. The shells were converted to trumpets by removing the tip to form a mouthpiece, as this ancient ceramic replica of a trumpet shows. Holes were often drilled in the shell for a carrying cord.
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Document identity
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142295
label
Conch Shell Trumpet Vessel
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142295
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object
title
Conch Shell Trumpet Vessel
description
Conch shell trumpets were used during many kinds of important events throughout the ancient Americas. The shells were converted to trumpets by removing the tip to form a mouthpiece, as this ancient ceramic replica of a trumpet shows. Holes were often drilled in the shell for a carrying cord.
date
200 BCE–300 CE
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CC0
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en
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Q60740848
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 15.5 x 23.5 x 26.6 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
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West Mexico, Colima, Comala style
accession
1966.127
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earthenware
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Conch Shell Trumpet Vessel, 200 BCE–300 CE. West Mexico, Colima, Comala style. Earthenware; overall: 15.5 x 23.5 x 26.6 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade III, 1966.127
collection
AA - Mesoamerica
creditline
Gift of J. H. Wade III
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2026-05-29 07:17:49.494000
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142295
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Mesoamerica
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earthenware
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