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Thigh Bone Trumpet

CultureTibetan
Datelate 19th-early 20th century
MediumBone, silver, copper, and leather, with inlaid turquoise and coral
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 × 13 3/4 inches (6.99 × 34.93 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Joseph H. Heil
Object numberR74-9/13
On View
Not on view
Exhibition History

No exhibition history known at this time

Provenance

Joseph H. Heil (1916–1974), New York, by his death in 1974 [1];

Bequeathed by Heil to John M. Crawford, Jr. (1913–1988), New York, 1974 [2];

His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1974 [3].



Published References

No publication history known at this time.         

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