Wooden oboe covered in leather and painted black and red. Attached to the reed and holder with red, black and green wool. [JC [OPS Move] 3/2/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden oboe covered in leather and painted black and red. Attached to the reed and holder with red, black and green wool. [JC [OPS Move] 3/2/2017]
Long description: Wooden oboe with a long neck and flared base, open at both ends. There are four finger holes, one near the top and three further down. The wood is covered with leather, stitched up one side and painted red and black. The reed has a copper alloy covering and is partially bound with string. It is fixed into a perforated tin disc and attached to the base of the oboe with plaited cords of red, black and green wool. [JC [OPS Move] 3/2/2017]
Geographical reference: Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon; Fumban
Cultural groups: Bamum
Person: Field collector Lois Mitchison; PRM source Lois Mitchison
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1958
Date collected: 1958
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1959
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Tin Metal, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Pigment, Process Perforated, Process Covered, Process Painted, Process Plaited, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: max 323 mm, Width: max 110 mm, Depth: max 54 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1959.9.9B
Research and responses: Borrowed from the Hausa, a report in the Evangelischer Heidenbote from Brother Ernst on his first visit to Fumban says that the Fon had a Hausa band in 1903.