NMM 7284. Natural trumpet (towel), Blackwater River, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 1970. Side-blown, wooden, natural trumpet with dark finish. Carved face (possibly a monkey or lion with a mane) above embouchure hole. Crescent-shaped carvings in columns along length of body. Orange, yellow, and white paint remnants near top and bottom of trumpet. Length: 63.5 cm (25"). Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999.

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