3 Strychnos fruits made into flutes (largest is probably - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 76358 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 108.01 LOGANIACEAE Strychnos spinosa | Entry Book Number | 4.2001.2 | |
| Artefact Name | 3 Strychnos fruits made into flutes (largest is probably | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Zimbabwe | TDWG Region | Zimbabwe | ||
| Parts Held | 3 Strychnos fruits made into flutes (largest is probably | Geography Description | Zimbabwe, Africa, South Tropical Africa, Harare | ||
| Uses | 3 Strychnos fruits made into flutes (largest is probablyUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Musindo, A | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/2001 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Behr, S | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/00/2001 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | The largest of the three fruits is probably Strychnos cocculoides, the smaller two are Strychnos spinosa.x0Dx0AThese fruits grow in Harare Gardens. They were probably made by the donor - a student at Zimbabwe College of Music - Absure Musindo - and collected, in the wild. Instrument known locally as Chigufe (singular), and Zuigufe (plural).x0Dx0AUsed by Shona people. The tree is known as Muzhumu and Mutamba (Umkhemeswane and Ndebele languages)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.orgx0Dx0A | ||||
| Determinations: | 108.01 LOGANIACEAE Strychnos spinosa Lam. 108.01 LOGANIACEAE Strychnos cocculoides Baker | ||||