Small syrinx, duraio, with 7 reed tubes in graduated series. Stopped pipes tied top and bottom with string and stuck with black composition.

Collection type: Object
Description: Small syrinx, duraio, with 7 reed tubes in graduated series. Stopped pipes tied top and bottom with string and stuck with black composition.
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Owen Stanley Range Kaumaka
Cultural groups: Dimadima
Person: Field collector John Dewhurst Bodger; PRM source John Dewhurst Bodger
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1934
Date collected: By 1934
Acquisition information: Donated: 1934
Materials and processes: Material Reed Plant, Material String, Material Glue, Process Tied, Process Glued
Dimensions: Width: max 60 mm, Diameter 11 mm, Length: max 170 mm longest pipe, Length 60 mm shortest pipe
Object numbers: Accession number: 1934.27.17
Research and responses: Note that there is a biography entry for a John Bodger but it does not give second name initial, there are 2 John Bodgers on the database and they are not likely to be the same person as one was collecting circa 1860 [the other one] and this one's dates are later and more in line with biography. Both were missionaries [AP 14/2/2003]

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