Nose flute
date: label: Date created
content: 1960-1965
name: label: Culture/People
content: Chayahuita (Chaywita)
label: Collector
content: Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998
label: Previous owner
content: Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998
label: Seller
content: Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected between 1965 and 1966 by Nicole H. Maxwell (1905-1998, a pioneering researcher of traditional South American Native medicine and ethnobotany from the 1940s through the 1980s); purchased by MAI from Nicole H. Maxwell in 1967.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Río Yanayacu, Río Huallaga valley; Chayahuitas; Alto Amazonas Province; Loreto Region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Chayahuita (Chaywita)
label: See related items
content: Music and Sound
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/9760
label: Barcode
content: 239760.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Nose flute
label: Media/Materials
content: Nut/nuts
label: Techniques
content: Perforated