Oboe

Museum number:
9-12223a,b
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Alternate number:
13229 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2977
Description:
Shawm (primitive oboe), incomplete; carved, varnished wood; flared bell is attached to cylindrical-bored shaft with 7 holes for stops; red cotton thread wrapped around projection of shaft to permit bell to adhere to shaft; no mouthpiece included. Length: 37 cm; width: 8 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India unspec.
Collector:
H. M. Lissauer
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oboes
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
August 20, 1973
Context of use:
played as popular musical instrument
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1985-1986 #36: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (May 5, 1986–June 15, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Oboe, accession number 9-12223a,b, described as Shawm (primitive oboe), incomplete; carved, varnished wood; flared bell is attached to cylindrical-bored shaft with 7 holes for stops; red cotton thread wrapped around projection of shaft to permit bell to adhere to shaft; no mouthpiece included. Length: 37 cm; width: 8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oboe, accession number 9-12223a,b, described as Shawm (primitive oboe), incomplete; carved, varnished wood; flared bell is attached to cylindrical-bored shaft with 7 holes for stops; red cotton thread wrapped around projection of shaft to permit bell to adhere to shaft; no mouthpiece included. Length: 37 cm; width: 8 cm.

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