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Technical description: Cylindrical wooden pipe widening to conical bell, top end rounded; 8 finger-holes on top, thumb-hole at rear above upper finger-hole, hole on side below eighth finger-hole, 3 vent-holes on front of bell; bell diameter 78.
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Probably 19th century - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Possibly Egypt - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112.2
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112.2
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:325
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16595