a fine Fiji shell trumpet
a fine Fiji shell trumpet

DAVUI

细节
a fine Fiji shell trumpet
davui
Formed from a Bursa lampas shell with cut tip, the flared end with long cylindrical handle of plaited coconut fibre, much binding and looped finial
48cm. long
来源
Col. Knolly's
W.D. Webster, sold in 1898 to
Lt.Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers

拍品专文

Cf. Clunie, F., Yalo i Viti, Suva, 1986, no.77 for a discussion about these trumpets and their origins.