Oboe consisting of brass bell [.1] and wooden stem with brass end [.2] attached by red felt cord, with mouthpiece [.3] and pricker [.4].

Collection type: Object
Description: Oboe consisting of brass bell [.1] and wooden stem with brass end [.2] attached by red felt cord, with mouthpiece [.3] and pricker [.4].
Geographical reference: Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma)
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 Wood Plant, Material Brass Metal, Material Textile, Material Reed Plant, Process Perforated, Process Turned, Process Tied, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length: max 190 mm, Length: max 360 mm, Length: max 60 mm, Diameter: max 114 mm, Length: max 420 mm, Length: max 140 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1886.15.18.1 Accession number: 1886.15.18.2 Accession number: 1886.15.18.3 Accession number: 1886.15.18.4
Research and responses: YULE ' EMBASSY to Ava ', SHWAY YEE, ' THE BURMAN' II. . I found the following bibliographical reference to Shway Yoe mentioned in the red numbers accession book 'SCOTT, J. George ('Shway Yoe'). BURMA. As it was, as it is, and as it will be. Redway: London, 1886.' [AP 12/12/2000]