Smithsonian Collections
Thighbone trumpet, from an assembled set of items used in Severance (Chöd) Practice
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 19th century
- Credit Line
- The Alice S. Kandell Collection
- Medium
- Human femur (thighbone), leather, pigments; silver with coral and turquoise insets, and silk
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 32.5 × 7.3 × 6.5 cm (12 13/16 × 2 7/8 × 2 9/16 in)
- Type
- Musical Instrument
- Ceremonial Object
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 22: Encountering the Buddha
- Accession Number
- S2015.28.12.1
- Topic
- Buddhism
- tantra
- Tibet
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Alice S. Kandell Collection
- Origin
- Central or Eastern Tibet
- Restrictions & Rights
- Copyright with museum
