DepartmentLatin America
Vaksin or Vaccine (bamboo trumpet)
NameBamboo trumpet
Artist
Artist not recorded
CultureHaitian
Date1990s
Place madeHaiti, Caribbean
Place collectedHaiti, Caribbean
MediumBamboo, paint
Dimensionsa. Longest flute: 31 7/16 × 2 15/16 × 2 15/16 in. (79.8 × 7.5 × 7.5 cm)
b. medium flute: 24 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (61.7 × 7 × 7 cm)
Other (c. smallest flute): 23 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (59.7 × 7 × 7 cm)
b. medium flute: 24 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (61.7 × 7 × 7 cm)
Other (c. smallest flute): 23 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (59.7 × 7 × 7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Dr. William T. Waters, A.2018.37.37
Terms
- value (economic concept)
Object numberA.2018.37.37
ProvenancePurchased by donor at market, Haiti, Caribbean.
DescriptionLongest of three bamboo trumpets, with one half of the shaft painted red and the other half painted blue. Vaksin (also spelled vaksen or vaccine) are traditional, single-note cylindrical trumpets primarily used in Haitian Rara festival music
ca. 1960, staff
ca 1963
1963
1972
