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Conch Shell Trumpet Vessel
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineConch 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
