Chinese Oboe (Kai-Ti, Heang-Teih) Or (Shury)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Chinese Centennial Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A KIND OF OBOE. AN INSTRUMENT WITH A TUBE OF WOOD, AND MOUTH-PIECE AND BELL OF BRASS. SEVEN FINGER-HOLES ON THE UPPER PART AND ONE OPPOSITE. UPON THE BELL A LOOP TO WHICH SILKEN ORNAMENTS ARE ATTACHED. THIS INSTRUMENT IS BLOWN THROUGH A LITTLE DOUBLE REED WHICH IS STUCK UPON THE BRASS MOUTH-PIECE. IT IS USED AT MARRIAGE ENTERTAINMENTS, IN FUNERAL PROCESSIONS, AND ON ALL OCCASIONS OF CEREMONY AND FESTIVITY. THOUGH ITS SOUND IS LOUD AND HARSH, IT IS A FAVORITE INSTRUMENT WITH THE CHINESE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Nov 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005892
label: USNM Number
content: E54055-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Oboe