Pigeon whistle made from wood, metal and plastic. The cap of the whistle is painted silver with two slots, one bigger than the other. [FB 27/01/2015]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pigeon whistle made from wood, metal and plastic. The cap of the whistle is painted silver with two slots, one bigger than the other. [FB 27/01/2015]
Long description: Pigeon whistle made from wood, metal and plastic. The cap of the whistle is painted silver with two slots, one bigger than the other. The whistle is round in shape with the belly area blue, white and red resembling the energy drink Red Bull logo. The tang support of the whistle is wooden with a metal tang perforated with a single hole. [FB 27/01/2015]
Geographical reference: Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; Java
Person: Field collector Nathaniel Mann; PRM source Nathaniel Mann
Date
Date collected: 2013
Acquisition information: Donated: 26/01/2015
Materials and processes: Material Plastic Synthetic, Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Painted, Process Moulded, Process Perforated, Process Carved
Dimensions: Height: max 55 mm, Width: max 30 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2014.44.2
Research and responses: As part of the Sound and Music's Composer-in-Residence programme, Nathaniel Mann spent 18 months 'Embedded at the Pitt Rivers Museum and Oxford Contemporary Music. As part of his residency Nathaniel researched the pigeon whistles in the PRM collections and made his own pigeon whistle from recycled materials. He tried his whistle on pigeons and flew them in notable places in the UK. To find out more about Nathaniel's residency and the pigeon whistle project visit Nathaniel's blog http://pittriversmann.blogspot.co.uk [FB 27/01/2015]
Along with the donation of objects to the PRM Nathaniel also donated a book to the Balfour library on pigeon whistles. See 'Beijing pigeon whistles by Wang Shixiang published by Liaoning Education Press. [FB 27/01/2015]

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