Syrinx, galevu, with double row of pipes, 24 in each row; one row stopped below, the other row open at both ends. Bound together at the upper end with 2 strips of bamboo, with lashings of fibre.

Collection type: Object
Description: Syrinx, galevu, with double row of pipes, 24 in each row; one row stopped below, the other row open at both ends. Bound together at the upper end with 2 strips of bamboo, with lashings of fibre.
Geographical reference: Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands; Florida Island
Person: Field collector Robert Henry Codrington; Field collector Melanesian Mission; PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1916
Date collected: By 1916
Acquisition information: Donated: 1916
Materials and processes: Material Reed Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Tied
Dimensions: Length 33 mm shortest pipe, Length: max 223 mm longest pipe, Width: max 258 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.100.91
Research and responses: Examined by Peter Thursby, on 5 January 1995. His notes (of which there is a copy in RDF of 1920.100.15) read: 'top 4 all open pipes.' [AFS [OPS move] 8/11/2018]