Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1968.20.70

Double reed whistle bound with string and bees wax.

1968.20.70

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Double reed whistle bound with string and bees wax.
Geographical reference
Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
South East of Mount Kenya
Cultural groups
Tharaka
Person
Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon
PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1968
Date collected
1968
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1968
Materials and processes
Material Reed Plant, Material String, Material Wax, Process Notched, Process Bound
Dimensions
Diameter: max 14 mm, Length: max 136 mm, Width: max 37 mm, Length: max 120 mm shortest
Object numbers
Accession number: 1968.20.70 Other numbers: TH77

Search terms: Music, Dance, Agriculture and Horticulture, Musical Instrument, Flute

Further items to explore