Oboe or Shawm, Richard Haka, c. 1680

Title(s)

Oboe or Shawm
Oboe or shawm

Object type

• musical instrument
• wind instrument
• oboe
• shawm

Object number

BK-NM-11430-81

Inscriptions / marks

• mark, above hole 1, under hole 6 and at the top of the short bell flare, stamped: ‘R.HAKA’, R.HAKA [in a scroll]/ [a low fleur-de-lis]

Description

Hobo of schalmei, ebbenhout met gedreven zilveren randen en een zilveren klep beveiligd door een bedekking van a jour gewerkt zilver.

Artist

• musical instrument maker: Richard Haka

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1680

Material

• ebony (wood)
• silver (metal)

Measurements

length 523 mm
diameter 80 mm

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the State of the Netherlands and the Vereeniging van Noord-Nederlandsche Muziekgeschiedenis

Acquisition

purchase 1899

Copyright

Public domain

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