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1884.110.39.3

One of two resin and textile headed strikers that accompany the xylophone [1884.110.39 .1]

1884.110.39.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
One of two resin and textile headed strikers that accompany the xylophone [1884.110.39 .1]
Long description
One of two resin and textile headed strikers that accompany the xylophone [1884.110.39 .1] which is made up of 18 wooden bars that are loosely fixed to resonator by pins and ornamentally shaped resonator stand.
Geographical reference
Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia
Java
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1861?, uncertain Date made: Before 1874?, uncertain
Date collected
Prior to 1861? or 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Metal, Material Plant Fibre, Material Textile, Material Resin Plant, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Decorated, Process Nailed, Process Painted, Process Bound
Dimensions
Diameter: max 35 mm, Length: max 250 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.110.39.3 PR Cat other PR nos: 3044
Research and responses

It is possible that this is actually the item Pitt Rivers purchased on 24 July 1861 at S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, 'Lot 179 A Chinese wooden Harmonicon, arranged in the Key of F, consisting of a frame and eighteen pieces of bamboo £1.16' as listed in Reel 27, Catalogue of the Ethnological and Miscellaneous Portion of the Museum of the Royal United Service Instititution (Whitehall Yard) [RTS 05/11/2004] [AP 05/11/2004]

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Xylophone, Striker