Jurupari

Large bark trumpet consisting of an hollowed-out tube/stem of paxiuba palm (Iriartea exorrhiza), wrapped with a long, coiled strip of the tough bark of the jebaru tree (Eperua grandiflora). Three wooden pole sticks and vine binding (not original) are used along the structure (two exterior, one interior) to strengthen its construction. The player blows in the proximal and exposed end of the tube. This type of trumpet is used among the natives of the Rio Uaupés, in their "Dabocuris" or "Festas." The botanist Richard Spruce (1817–93) gives a detailed account in his journals about the way this type of trumpet is made, how it is played and its highly sacred context.