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Shawm.

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
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    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Possibly Egypt
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112.2
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112.2
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:325