Worse comes to worse you could visit or borrow from American Museum of
Natural History
in Central Park West, New York NY.
212-769-5100
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Chank_Shell_Trumpet/trumpet.html?50

Martin

Paul Callomon wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I would like to borrow a Hindu chank trumpet to photograph for a
> little project I'm doing. What I have in mind is a full-size one
> rather than the little ones that go for a hundred bucks or so. The big
> ones are usually over a foot long, as they've had a mouthpiece added
> to the top of the spire and a "tail" to the end of the canal. I'd like
> to photograph one that has as much as possible in the way of elaborate
> silver embellishments, blue and red stones and Sanskrit characters.
> So: does anyone have one, either in their own collection or at their
> institution, that I might be able to snap a few pictures of? I can't
> pay for the image, but will cover the cost of FedEx or UPS transport
> both ways for it.
> Incidentally, beware of huge sinistral chank trumpets with angular
> apertures and no columellar folds. These are made in India using
> Busycon shells from the eastern USA! They're being offered on the Web
> to the unwary...
>
> PC.
>
>
> Paul Callomon
> Collections Manager
> Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
> Department of Malacology
> Academy of Natural Sciences
> 1900 Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA
> Tel 215-405-5096
> Fax 215-299-1170

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