Oboe, with wide bell-mouth of cast brass, wooden tube with 7 stops and palm-leaf sounding reed. Pirouette made from an Indian coin on which the date 1835 is legible.

Collection type: Object
Description: Oboe, with wide bell-mouth of cast brass, wooden tube with 7 stops and palm-leaf sounding reed. Pirouette made from an Indian coin on which the date 1835 is legible.
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; West Bengal Darjeeling
Person: Field collector Ellen Margaret Fitzadam-Ormiston; PRM source Ellen Margaret Fitzadam-Ormiston
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1934
Date collected: By 1934
Acquisition information: Donated: 1934
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Brass Metal, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Perforated, Process Turned, Process Cast, Process Recycled
Dimensions: Diameter 113 mm bell, Length: max 291 mm, Length 39 mm mouthpiece, Diameter 25 mm pirouette
Object numbers: Accession number: 1934.12.43.2 Other PRM accession number: 1934.12.43b