Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1959.2.11B

Whistle.

1959.2.11B

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
Whistle.
Geographical reference
Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Brazil
Tocantins Matto Grosso, region of the Rio das Mortes
Cultural groups
Xavante
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1958
Date collected
1958
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1957
Materials and processes
Material Plant Seed, Material Bird Feather, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Width: max 180 mm, Length: max 100 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1959.2.11B

Search terms: Music, Ritual and Ceremonial, Religion, Musical Instrument, Ceremonial Object, Religious Object, Flute

Further items to explore