id: 98697 accession number: 1918.389 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.389 updated: 2023-03-03 07:01:25.375000 Thighbone Trumpet, c. 1800. Tibet. Bone, leather, and copper alloy; overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King, Jr. Collection. Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King, Jr. 1918.389 title: Thighbone Trumpet title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1800 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1820 current location: creditline: The Charles G. King, Jr. Collection. Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King, Jr. copyright: --- culture: Tibet technique: bone, leather, and copper alloy department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Tibetan Art type: Musical Instrument find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: What in the World opening date: 1960-03-01T05:00:00 What in the World. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (March 1-October 1, 1960). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Ralph King [1855-1926], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1918 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1918- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Tantric ritual trumpets are traditionally made from human femurs, but now they can be made from plastic, metal, or other materials. digital description: Blown during tantric Buddhist rituals, this ritual instrument is made of bone to remind practitioners of the impermanence of the corporeal body. The horn is sounded to clear away obstacles to enlightenment, conceived as enemies in battle. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 5, no. 8/9 (1918): 82-85. page number: Mentioned: p. 82 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136230 D. S. M. "Exhibition of Musical Instruments." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 8, no. 9 (1921): 134-43. page number: Mentioned: pp. 134-137 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136517 --- IMAGES