Musical instrument - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73860 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 175.11 AGAVACEAE Agave wocomahi | Entry Book Number | 18.1997.22 | |
| Artefact Name | Musical instrument | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Mexico | TDWG Region | Mexico | ||
| Parts Held | Musical instrument | Geography Description | Chihuahua, Northern America, Mexico, Mexico Northeast, Batopilas | ||
| Uses | Musical instrumentUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Davis P | Collector No | 22 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/11/1996 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Musical instrument made from flowering stem of Agave. It can also be made from Arundo donax L. Played by holding the stem in the mouth and twanging the string in the manner of a jews harp. Bought in Batopilas, Chihuahua. (Some evidence of slight insect, attack (bore holes))14.05.1997x0Dx0APlants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016.x0Dx0APhotographed and catalogued in November 2016 as part of the Musical Instrument Interface for Museums and Collections (MINIM-UK) project, Royal College of, Music, www.minim-uk.org | ||||