Tawi, Taui, Pacific Triton Shell Horn

2000.01.0126

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Artifact Identification Tawi, Taui, Pacific Triton Shell Horn   (2000.01.0126)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication T&E
  2. :
  3. Musical T&E
  4. :
  5. Musical Instruments
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1962
Culture Micronesian
Location On Exhibitin the Southeast Asia and Oceania exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 31.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 17.1 cm
Dimension 3 (Width) 11.4 cm
Weight 716 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Animal--Shell
Manufacturing Processes Drilling

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Alkire, William H. Lamotrek Atoll and Inter-island Socioeconomic Ties. Illinois Studies in Anthropology, No. 5. University of Illinois Press: Urbana, 1965.

Kramer, Augustin. Ergebnisse der Sudsee Expedition 1908-1910. (ed.) G. Thilenius. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co., 1937.

Photo: Spurlock Museum, Fall 2006, p. 12.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication William H. Alkire Collection, Transfer from Department of Anthropology, UIUC
Reproduction No

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