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Prior to ceramic production, bone was used for small trumpets, flutes, and panpipes. This condor-bone trumpet was probably once covered with gold, allowing the incised surface to show through the gold sheet. Made in sections, this rare example was possibly modeled on larger gourd trumpets.
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Title: Bone Trumpet
Period: Yotoco period (Pre-Columbian)
Date: 2nd–5th century
Geography: Calima, Colombia
Culture: Calima, Malagana
Medium: Condor bone
Dimensions: 12 1/8 × 1 3/8 × 1 in. (30.8 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone
Credit Line: Purchase, Frederick M. Lehman Bequest, 2004
Object Number: 2004.284
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