Pigeon flute
- Museum number:
- 9-9674
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090009674
- Accession number:
- Acc.2640
- Description:
- pigeon flute; 2 red plastic pipes w/bamboo ends; ht. 4.5 cm, w. 4 cmbamboo tongue for tail ring.
- Donor:
- Estate of James Pomeroy Howe
- Collection place:
- Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Peking, China
- Collector:
- James Pomeroy Howe
- Collection date:
- 1930s
- Materials:
- Bamboo (material) and Plastic (organic material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Pigeon flutes
- Function:
- 5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
- Accession date:
- 1970
- Context of use:
- According to some writers, flutes were attached to message-carrying pigeons to frighten away hawks & eventually were used by pigeon fanciers to lure away another's pigeon or flock or to increase wealth and status. According to Berthold Laufer, the flutes were used for the aesthetic value of their music. Makers in this collection include: HUNG, CHUNG, KUEI, MING, PAN, SHIH-TZU (?), SHENG, LI. For additional information consult accession envelope.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Loans:
- S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), S1986-1987 #9: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (October 13, 1986–June 9, 1988), and S1988-1989 #11: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (October 4, 1988–January 8, 1991)
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- Legacy documentation:
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