DepartmentLatin America

Cornito

NameTrumpet

Artist or maker Pompeyo Berrocal Evanán

Date2008

Place madeAyacucho, Peru, South America

MediumCow horn, leather, glue, twine, fabric

DimensionsOverall: 2 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (6 x 14 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2008.60.21V

DescriptionThis musical instrument consists of overlapping sections of cow horn fit together forming a two-loop spiral. Leather bindings cover each joint. String loops hold the spiral together in two places. The mouth-piece end of the spiral is dark, almost black, horn,and the other end, the bell of the spiral has a hole drilled to hold two woven ribbons, one light green, the other blue.