Wood Flute, (Whole Gourd Facsimile)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: THE "FLUTE BODY IS MADE OF 'CASCA DE CAJA' WHICH THE MAKER EMPHASIZED WAS THE 'CASCA' AND NOT THE WOOD ITSELF. IT WAS MADE IN TWO HALVES AND JOINED TOGETHER (JOINT IS VISIBLE AT HOLE EDGE) AND THE JOIN CONCEALED WITH BLACK PAINT DESIGN."THE BLACK PAINT DESIGN IS A SERIES OF TRIANGLES AND LINES, BUT THE PAINT IS NOW TURNING WHITE WITH AGE. THE "ORIENTATION OF HOLES TO GOURD-SHAPE AND SUSPENSION CORD IS OPPOSITE THAT USED MOST OFTEN IN WHOLE GOURD FLUTES." THIS IS "AN EXAMPLE OF THE INNOVATIVE STYLE AND SUPERB CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THIS MAKER." THE SUSPENSION CORD IS COMMERICIAL WHITE COTTON STRING, AS IS THE TASSEL WHICH COVERS THE "GOURD" NECK. THE BODY IS CARVED TO MIMIC THE SHAPE OF A LAGENARIA GOURD. THE LOWER PENDANTS ARE BLUE, RED/GREEN AND RED/YELLOW FEATHERS ATTACHED TO STRING STRUNG WITH AKU SEEDS. THE FEATHER ATTACHMENT IS COVERED WITH TINY DEER HOOF TIPS. THE PRICE PAID: GLASS BEADS. SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY FRANCISCO, A 39 Y/O MALE
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E428344-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 5 cm