Śankh

Medium

Shell (Turbinella pyrum), brass, wax

Dimensions

Sankh: 6 × 6 × 16 3/4 in. (15.2 × 15.2 × 42.5 cm) Stand: 2 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (5.7 × 12.1 × 14.6 cm) Weight: under 40 lbs

Classification

Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone

Culture

Indian

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, The Barrington Foundation Inc. Gift, 1986

Accession Number

1986.12

Rights

Public Domain