Aeolian flute, pigeon whistle.

Collection type: Object
Description: Aeolian flute, pigeon whistle.
Long description: Aeolian flute, pigeon whistle. Double pigeon-whistle of wood and quill, for fastening to the tail feathers of pigeons. The whistle consists of two light wood pipes on wooden support with perforated hole. Each whistle is surmounted with a cap with central slits. The whistles are attached to the support/tang on lengths of quill which have been attached with blobs of black resin. [FB 10/10/2017]
Geographical reference: Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia
Person: Field collector Jaap Kunst; PRM source Jaap Kunst
Date / Period: Date made: Before May 1930
Date collected: By 1930
Acquisition information: Donated: 1930
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Quill, Material Resin Plant, Process Carpentered, Process Glued
Dimensions: Width 20 mm larger whistle, Height: max 53 mm, Width 18 mm smaller whistle
Object numbers: Accession number: 1930.27.1
Research and responses: This whistle was studied by Nathan Mann and Pete Petravicius on 1 November 2013. Pete noted the quills are made from pigeon feathers. They are different thicknesses: flight feathers are thinner and tail feathers are thicker. [MJD 07/11/2013]

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