Fox playing pipe

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
ca. 1175
Technique / Medium:
stone carving

    Item location

  • St. Nicholas Church (Barfreston, Kent, England)
    Frieze round the arch of the south door

Description

Pipe played by a fox; two reeds or staples appear to go into the mouth; a dog or bear to its right holds what might be a bell, perhaps one in each paw.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown flute [3940]
Bell [2381]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 19, plate 48. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4177