Endblast trumpet of shell with fibre string handle.

Collection type: Object
Description: Endblast trumpet of shell with fibre string handle.
Geographical reference: Fiji
Oceania > Melanesia > Fiji; Viti Levu
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1879
Date collected: ?Prior to 1879
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Shell, Material Coconut Fibre Plant, Process Tied, Process Perforated, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Diameter: max 145 mm, Width: max 8 mm mouth hole, Length: max 185 mm, Length: max 22 mm mouth hole
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.112.20 Other numbers: 2196 PR Cat other PR nos: 2196 PR no.: 48/ 10010
Research and responses: PD Bursa bubo - Linnaeus. Mus Godeffroy Hamburg, 2196, 1881 catalogue. [HLR]
2196 is probably a Godeffroy Museum 1881 catalogue no. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]
PD Bursa Bubo - Linnaeus. [HLR]
This object was examined by Steven Hooper (UEA) during a research visit in December 2011. He made the following comments: Possibly collected by Kleinschmidt at Manivatu. The cord is fine, and does not have the usual bifurcation at the end (so there are two types?). The shell is now usually called Bursa lampas (not bubo). [El.B 19/12/2011]