Nose Flute (Mbita-Ni-Tanga, Bitu ni Vakatagi)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A SECTION OF BAMBOO WITH BOTH ENDS CLOSED BY THE JOINTS. IT HAS 8 HOLES, ONE NEAR EACH END, THREE MORE IN A LINE BETWEEN, AND THREE IN A LINE AROUND THE MIDDLE WITH THE MIDDLE HOLE. SEE BACK OF CARD 2.901."
label: Notes
content: Made from single node of bamboo, closed at both ends. All-over design burned in (pokerwork). Approximately six design areas, mainly triangles, crosshatch, and chevrons. Five holes equally placed along length; four holes around center. A total of eight holes. Has original Peale # label.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E4674-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Nose Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 61.3 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 4.3 cm