- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Striker [.5] for Xylophone [.1]
- Long description
- Striker [.5] for Xylophone [.1]. For the records of the objects associated with this striker [.5], see xylophone [1887.23.1 .1], strikers [1887.23.1 .2-.4] and striker [1887.23.1 .6].
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Nguni
- Person
- Field collector John Blades Currey
- PRM source John Blades Currey
- PRM source Frederick Michael Coleridge Mackarness
- PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1887
- Date collected
- By 1887
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 10/1887, uncertain Transferred: 10/1887, uncertain
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Gourd Plant, Material Rubber Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 290 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1887.23.1.5
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Xylophone, Striker
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