toy (recreational artifacts); toy musical instruments

Baphu ('horn'), membranopipe. A truncated cone of cardboard, originally a container for hosiery yarn from Patiala (Punjab). The tube is covered with purple paper foil at the wider end, with a strip of blue paper at the distal rim. Part of a yellow balloon is fitted over the narrower end, with a cane mouthpiece inserted into the blowing tube of the balloon and fixed there with a red rubber band. Sound is produced when the player blows into the mouthpiece, forcing air through a narrow vent between the cardboard wall of the instrument and the partially inflated balloon.

Sound is produced when the player blows into the mouthpiece, forcing air through a narrow vent between the cardboard wall of the instrument and the partially inflated balloon.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2006.452
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 175 mm x 110 mm; overall: 173 mm x 71 mm x 100 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cardboard; foil; rubber; cane; paper
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
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