Fruits as whistles - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 75775 | |||||
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Plant Name | 75.00 CUCURBITACEAE Gerrardanthus lobatus | Entry Book Number | 16.1998.21 | |
| Artefact Name | Fruits as whistles | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Ethiopia | TDWG Region | Ethiopia | ||
| Parts Held | Fruits as whistles | Geography Description | Ethiopia, Africa, Northeast Tropical Africa, Gamo Gofa region, Lower Omo Valley | ||
| Uses | Fruits as whistlesUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Bidgood S, Friis I, Wanderfrash M, Gibre-Hiwot G | Collector No | EC90 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/11/1997 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | These fruits are blown across the top like a flute to make a whistle. Used by the Hamer people (children). See also Herb Material - I Friis et al 9024x0Dx0APhotographed and catalogued in November 2016 as part of the Musical Instrument Interface for Museums a, nd Collections (MINIM-UK) project, Royal College of Music, www.minim-uk.org | ||||