Shell Trumpet

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PUKKU, pututara, putarino, bucina

Peter Holmes February 02, 2023

Throughout the ancient world, there are many names given to brass instruments which incorporate the pu/bu sound. These are so numerous as to suggest that the confluence of names is more than a coincidence. It may well be that the sound of pu/bu is reminiscent of the blowing of a horn or trumpet or that the shape of the lips when making these sounds mimic the shape when blowing instruments.

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Chupícuaro shell trumpet Ethnographic Peru American indian

Chupícuaro shell trumpet

January 02, 2021

Description: A Chupícuaro shell trumpet made from a sea shell with stucco and pigment, measuring 110 x 150 x 245 mm. Chupícuaro is a an archaeological site which is to be found in the Lerma River basin in Western Mexico. The Chupícuaro people had a vibrant ceramic tradition and part of their culture involved the decoration and use os sea-shell/conch shell trumpets. Where it was found, in the western part Mexico, lies thousands of miles from the Caribbean where sea snail who lived in the shell grew up. This huge gap between the source of the shell and where it was found means that it was traded all that great distance over the Gulf of Mexico and and then the many hundreds of miles overland then being decorated decorated and blown in Chupícuaro in Western Mexico.

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Mayan Shell trumpet South america Shell trumpet

Mayan Shell trumpet

January 02, 2021

Description: A highly-decorated shell trumpet

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