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1910.1.189

End-whistle.

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1910.1.189

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Collection type
Object
Description
End-whistle.
Long description
Wooden syrinx whistle, upper end pear-shaped, upper end open with thickened rim as mouth hole, spur at side with duct as finger-stop. Lower end tapers to solid long tail. Blown as syrinx pipe.
Cultural groups
Kuba
Ngongo
Person
Field collector Emil Torday
PRM source Emil Torday
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1909
Date collected
1907 - 1909
Acquisition information
Donated: 1910
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Perforated, Process Hollowed, Process Carved
Dimensions
Diameter: max 18 mm mouth hole, Length: max 306 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1910.1.189
Research and responses

'Finger-stops' are not an accurate way of describing the fingerholes; stop is an archaic and confusing term for fingerhole that is no longer used [HLR 26/1/2005].

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Flute