- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Xylophone with 25 bars.
- Long description
- Xylophone with 25 bars [.1]. For the complete record for this object see xylophone with 25 bars [1886.15.23] and for the records for the detachable individual parts see striker [1886.15.23 .2] and for the other striker [1886.15.23 .3] [MO 7/2/2020]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Maurice Vidal Portman
- PRM source Maurice Vidal Portman
- PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1886
- Date collected
- By 1886
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 12/1886, uncertain Transferred: 12/1886, uncertain
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material String, Material Linen Flax Bast Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carpentered, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Tied, Process Decorated, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Width: max 425 mm, Length: max 1310 mm, Height: max 615 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1886.15.23.1
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Xylophone
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