Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers.
Event Date 5/3/2008
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card notes for A-H: "8 bamboo musical instruments."
Event Date 5/3/2008
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z-5229 A-H Eddystone Islands Solomon Islands 8 Bamboo musical instruments[.] A-B. Bassoon - for description see Z 5225 A.B [illegible word crossed out in black ink] C-D. Pair of flutes[.] E Single flute[.] F Bamboo for making flutes[.] G.H. Pair of flutes[.] The flutes in pairs are attached when not cracked C.&D. W.H.R. Rivers'. [Two red circular stickers top right of catalogue card.]

Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ball point:] 'Z 5229 A-H SOLOMON ISLANDS 8 Bamboo musical instruments Rivers Colln'.
Event Date 9/6/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (CMS Description)
Bamboo flute made from a piece of bamboo sealed at both ends by a node. The top has a short section of bamboo above the node, which has been cut into a leaf shaped point with a slot extending from the tip towards the base; a second one on the other side has broken off. Four holes have been cut through the bamboo: one on the base, one on the shaft near the base and two more along the shaft near the top. The topmost hole is the widest and forms the mouthpiece and both holes at the top have a paler section of wood around them, suggesting they were covered at some point. An incised drawing of a sailing ship occurs halfway down the shaft, aligned horizontally. [Heather Donoghue 27.06.2012]
Event Date 9/6/2013
Author: maa