Musical instrument: Free reed instrument with pipe of reed having three finger holes, passing through an air-chamber made of half a small gourd, concealing a free beating reed of bamboo or wood. Small reed mouth piece. [HLR]

Collection type: Object
Description: Musical instrument: Free reed instrument with pipe of reed having three finger holes, passing through an air-chamber made of half a small gourd, concealing a free beating reed of bamboo or wood. Small reed mouth piece. [HLR]
Geographical reference: Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma); Unknown
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1874
Date collected: Prior to 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Reed Plant, Material Gourd Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Diameter 6 mm mouth hole, Length: max 375 mm, Length 135 mm resonator
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.111.47 PR Cat other PR nos: 2966? PR Cat other PR nos: 2968?

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