The great sopila – vela sopila
Krešimir Galin
Rijeka, 1995
wood
cutting, carving
length = 62,5 cm
length of the bell = 15,5 cm
diameter of the bell = 7,5 cm
length of the chanter = 39 cm
lenght of the pirouette = 6,5 cm
Et 48685
The Collection of Musical Instruments
The great sopila, and the little sopila (inv.no. 48686), were both crafted by Krešimir Galin, ethnoorganologist and was donated to the Ethnographic Museum. The words HR 1995 are carved on the instrument. It is crafted of bright wood and lacquered. It was never played.
