Whole Gourd Flute
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: FROM THE JEAN CARTER LAVE COLLECTION. PURCHASED FROM A GROUP OF PUKOBYE FROM THE VILLAGE OF RIACHIN, WHO WERE VISITING THE KRIKATI. FEATHERS ARE DAMAGED, ONE IS DETACHED. THE BODY IS A LAGENARIA GOURD WITH A SMALL BALL OF BURITI IS INSIDE. DR. NEWTON NOTES THAT THIS IS THE ONLY FLUTE WITH THIS FEATURE. THERE IS A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM, BUT NO PENDANTS. THE UPPER PENDANTS ARE ANCHORED TH OUGH A TUBULAR WHITE PLASTIC BEAD. THE 6 PENDANTS ARE MADE OF IRREGULARLY SHAPED WHITE GLASS BEADS, AND RED AND BLUE BEADS ON TUCUM, WITH SMALL YELLOW/BLUE MACAW FEATHER AT THE END. PRICE PAID: ABOUT 150 CRS.
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: E428337-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 5 cm