Shawm and angel

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
15th century
Technique / Medium:
wood carving

    Item location

  • St. Andrew Church (North Burlingham, Norfolk, England)
    Wooden figure on the end of a hammerbeam

Description

Shawm, widely conical, large lip-disc pirouette, right hand over left, several fingerholes visible, as are two tuning vents in the bell.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Shawm [4258]

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) 56, plate 95. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4231