item details
NamePutatara (trumpet)
ProductionThe British Museum; photographer; 1918
Classificationgelatin silver prints, black-and-white prints
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, photographic paper
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 197mm (width), 54mm (height)
Registration NumberO.039742
Overview
Depicts a Maori Putatara (trumpet) made from a shell bound with fibre to a wooden mouthpiece.