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Postcard image of a group of Tibetan musicians, ca. 1905-1920 |
NMM 10056/57. Pair of telescoping trumpets (zangs dung), Tibet, 20th century. Ornamented with red coral and turquoise stones, with repoussé brass cuffs and bell garland. Smaller trumpets like these are used in ensemble playing (as illustrated above), while larger ones (12 to 15 feet) are used in processions (carried on the shoulders of other monks), played while supported on boxes, or played on rooftops to alert the villagers and spirits alike of upcoming feast days. Length (collapsed) 454 mm; length (extended) 1059 mm. Gift of Western International Music, Greeley, Colorado, 2001.
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Collapsed Trumpet |
Interior View of Collapsed Trumpet |
Upper Section of Collapsed Trumpet |
Dung chen, literally, "great trumpet," are made from several different materials and are typically identified by association with those materials, including brass (rag dung), copper (zangs dung) and silver (dngul dung). As a result of early scholars encountering brass trumpets (rag dung) before other types, these were thought to be the most common. For this reason, many dung chen are generically and mistakenly referred to as rag dung. This instrument is constructed primarily of copper; therefore, its correct identification is zangs dung. The only two systematic distinctions that can be made in classifying dung chen are (1) the number of telescoping sections into which each collapses (two or three); and (2) the overall extended length of the instrument.
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