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2014.44.5

Pigeon whistle made by Nathaniel Mann. The whistle is made from recycled materials. [FB 27/01/2015]

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2014.44.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pigeon whistle made by Nathaniel Mann. The whistle is made from recycled materials. [FB 27/01/2015]
Long description
Pigeon whistle made by Nathaniel Mann. The whistle is made from recycled materials and comprises of a 35 mm film pot with two pieces of wooden lolly stick glued horizontally to one side of the pot with a protruding piece of 12" record perforated with a hole between the two sticks. The lolly sticks are inscribed 'SUPER STAR' in black ink. The other side of the pot has a single slot cut out of it with pieces of white flymo putty adhered to the inside of the pot at either end of the slot. [FB 27/01/2015]
Person
Maker Nathaniel Mann
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 Wood Plant, Process Recycled, Process Moulded, Process Perforated, Process Glued, Process Inscribed
Dimensions
Diameter 35 mm, Height: max 50 mm, Width: max 44 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2014.44.5
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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