Conch Shell Trumpet Vessel (200 BCE–300 CE): Art, History and Details
Conch Shell Trumpet Vessel at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 200 BCE–300 CE, earthenware. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Conch Shell Trumpet Vessel (200 BCE–300 CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
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.
Object facts
- Title: Conch Shell Trumpet Vessel
- Date: 200 BCE–300 CE
- Culture: West Mexico, Colima, Comala style
- Type: Ceramic
- Technique: earthenware
- Dimensions: Overall: 15.5 x 23.5 x 26.6 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
- Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Accession number: 1966.127
Collection credit
Gift of J. H. Wade III
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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