Fruits as whistles - Specimen details

Fruits as whistles - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 75775

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

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