Wooden hurdy gurdy [RR 16/1/2020]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden hurdy gurdy [RR 16/1/2020]
Geographical reference: Russia
Europe > Eastern Europe > Russia; Poland
Europe > Eastern Europe > Poland; Volhynia Province
Cultural groups: European Russian
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1909
Date collected: By 1909
Acquisition information: Loaned: 10/1909 Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carpentered
Dimensions: Length: max 600 mm, Width: max 270 mm, Height: max 180 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.81.4
Associated publications: Illustrated in colour on page 32 of Pitt Rivers Museum: An Introduction, by Julia Cousins (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 2004). Caption (same page) reads: 'Hurdy gurdy from Volhynia Province, Russia; Henry Balfour's collection.' [JC 8 10 2004] Published as a PRM postcard. Caption on reverse: 'Lyra or hurdy gurdy collected by Henry Balfour, the first Curator of the Museum. Probably 19th century. Volhynia Province, Western Russia.' [MOB 30/10/2001]

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