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