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Pottery trumpet, Taul, 19th–early 20th century
Clay, pigment, partially overmodeled with unfired clay and Nassa shell
35.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm (14 x 5 x 5.5 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.417

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This trumpet was discovered in an Iatmul village, downstream from the Kwoma homeland. Since it is likely that the distance is too far for it to have been war booty, it probably made its way downstream as a trade item. The Iatmul overmodeled it with unfired clay and Nassa shells, as they do many of their ritual objects. The naturalistic nose and mouth are not typical of Kwoma pottery heads which usually have projected phallic noses and crescent-shaped mouths (cf. Kaufmann, 1972, figs,. 259-63; May and Tuckson, 1982, fig. 9.10). The mouthpiece on the back of this object confirms absolutely that it is a trumpet." (Catalog #333, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 137.)

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