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1884.111.40

Oboe.

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1884.111.40

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Collection type
Object
Description
Oboe.
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1874
Date collected
Prior to 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Brass Metal, Material Reed Plant, Material Animal Bone, Material String, Material Animal Bone, Process Turned, Process Bound, Process Perforated, Process Carved
Dimensions
Diameter 88 mm bell, Diameter 34 mm pirouette, Length: max 476 mm, Length 96 mm mouthpiece
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.111.40 PR Cat other PR nos: 2983
Research and responses

The local name for this instrument has been suggested by a member of the public as being 'Shehnai', which is possibly Urdu. [DCF Court Team 11/8/2003]

Presumably 10/- was the price PR paid for the object [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Music, Cordage, Musical Instrument, Double Reed

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