id: 142295 accession number: 1966.127 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.127 updated: Conch Shell Trumpet Vessel, 200 BC-300. West Mexico, Colima, Comala style (200 BC-AD 300). 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 title: Conch Shell Trumpet Vessel title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 200 BC-300 creation date earliest: -200 creation date latest: 300 current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region creditline: Gift of J. H. Wade III copyright: --- culture: West Mexico, Colima, Comala style (200 BC-AD 300) technique: earthenware department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Mesoamerica type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 15.5 x 23.5 x 26.6 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 10- October 16, 1966. "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." cat., The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. LIII (September, 1966.) p. 277 listed no. 18, repr. p. 276. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.127/1966.127_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.127/1966.127_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.127/1966.127_full.tif