Rustic whistle, cut from a willow branch four inches long.

Collection type: Object
Description: Rustic whistle, cut from a willow branch four inches long.
Long description: The bark is cut through at the centre so that one half can be drawn forward as a cylinder away from the other half, leaving a space of about a half to three quarter inches at the centre. A portion of the wood is also cut through and drawn out with the bark, and this forms the plug of the mouthpiece which is cut into an ordinary whistle form. Made by Mr. Carter. Traditionally made in the spring when the rising sap maes the bark slip off easily.
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker T.J. Carter; Maker Thomas James Carter; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1902
Date collected: By 1902
Acquisition information: Donated: 1902
Materials and processes: Material Willow Wood Plant, Process Perforated, Process Scraped Carved
Dimensions: Length x Width 118 x 18 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1902.16.9
Research and responses: It seems likely this is T. J. Carter who obtained this object as he obtained and donated other such instruments to the PRM [AP 14/12/2006]

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