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Conch shell trumpet
Aztec or Mixtec
Late Postclassic period, A.D. 1425–1520
Object Place: Mexico, Central or Southern Highlands
Conch shell trumpet with carved exterior surface. The imagery includes a dancing and singing male figure who holds a saurian-headed staff, and a skeletal figure is found below the main performer. A hole drilled through the end of the shell allows it to be strung on a narrow cord, perhaps for suspension around the neck of the trumpeter, dancer or similar performer who used this instrument.