- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Oboe consisting of brass bell [.1] and wooden stem with mouthpiece [.2].
- 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 Wood Plant, Material Brass Metal, Material Textile, Material Reed Plant, Process Perforated, Process Turned, Process Tied, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Length: max 180 mm, Length: max 525 mm, Diameter: max 110 mm, Length: max 400 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1886.15.19.1 Accession number: 1886.15.19.2
- 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]
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Double Reed
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