The pūtātara is a type of trumpet used by the

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. It is customarily made with a carved wooden mouthpiece and a bell made from New Zealand's small native conch shells (''Charonia lampas rubicunda'') or

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shell (''Charonia tritonis''). Larger pūtātara were particularly prized as the triton shell was rarely found and only sometimes washed up on the beaches in the Far North.

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Pūtātara in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Māori musical instruments Brass instruments Trumpets {{maori-stub