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Date
1850 – 1925
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
104.35.0001 a,b
Description
Two wooden fifes with brass ends. Long tubes of dark, hard wood with a line of six fingering holes at one end, and a separate, larger blow hole at the other. Fife tapers from the blow hole towards each end, a wide brass ring caps each end. (a) longer, wide brass rings incised around with two doubl…
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Title
Fife
Date
1850 – 1925
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
1.9 x 38.8 cm
Description
Two wooden fifes with brass ends. Long tubes of dark, hard wood with a line of six fingering holes at one end, and a separate, larger blow hole at the other. Fife tapers from the blow hole towards each end, a wide brass ring caps each end. (a) longer, wide brass rings incised around with two double lines Marks: half of red bordered paper sticker. "--M's --fe" (E.S.M's fife?) Note: ring at tail loose. (b) shorter, 36.6 cm, smaller brass rings each incised with two rings of tiny lines.
Subject
households
entertainment
pastime
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.35.0001 a,b
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Date
1850 – 1890
Material
wood; fibre
Catalogue Number
108.02.0003
Description
Carved, ivory coloured, Noh Japanese theatre mask. Grimacing face, with carved teeth and cavity, nostrils and eyes. Hemp hair held in place by holes drilled through forehead. Two holes in ears where cord passes to hold mask on. Triangle and calligraphy incised on back of mask, soiled and stained, …
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Title
Theatre Mask
Date
1850 – 1890
Material
wood; fibre
Dimensions
22.0 x 8.0 x 15.5 cm
Description
Carved, ivory coloured, Noh Japanese theatre mask. Grimacing face, with carved teeth and cavity, nostrils and eyes. Hemp hair held in place by holes drilled through forehead. Two holes in ears where cord passes to hold mask on. Triangle and calligraphy incised on back of mask, soiled and stained, paint loss over face surface.
Subject
households
entertainment
decorative
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Edith Morse Robb
Kabuki
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
108.02.0003
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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