bird-call;
whistle
- Museum number
- As1887,0201.59
- Description
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Bird call, whistle made of bamboo.
- Production date
- 19thC (early) (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 118 centimetres
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Weight: 85 grammes
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Width: 19.80 centimetres
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Depth: 4.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register says:
Call for birds, formed of a section of bamboo open at one end, and having a long bamboo tube fixed through an upright and impinging at the end upon a hole pierced in the side of the larger bamboo.
'Call for pigeons Borneo'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Acquisition notes
- Registration slip reads:
Presented by Harry J. Veitch Esq. 1887
Harry Veitch was head of the horticultural nursery business James Veitch & Sons of Chelsea. The artefacts he gave to the British Museum presumably derived from the company's collectors of exotic plants from various parts of the world.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1887,0201.59
