Nut-Shell 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 BODY IS NOT MADE FROM A GOURD, BUT FROM A NUT, WHOSE MEAT HAS BEEN REMOVED. THERE ARE 2 NATURALLY OCCURING DIVOTS IN THE SHELL, TWO FINGERHOLES AND A MOUTH HOLE, AND ONE HOLE ON THE REVERSE SIDE THAT HAS BEEN FILLED IN WITH A YELLOWISH RESIN. UPPER PENDANTS ARE ATTACHED TO THE TUCUM SUSPENSION CORD ABOVE A STRUNG DEER HOOF TIP. THE FOUR PENDANTS ARE MADE OF SMALL, CLIPPED RED/GREEN FEATHERS ATTACHED TO THE THE "WHEAT" SEED STRING WITH BLACK RESIN. THE TWO LOWER PENDANTS ARE BOTH STRUNG THROUGH A LARGE GLASS? "PEARL" BEAD. ONE PENDANT IS MADE FROM TWO STRINGS OF RED AND BLUE PLASTIC TUBE BEADS, WITH A FIBER TASSEL. THE OTHER PENDANT IS MADE FROM 4 ORANGE/GREEN/YELLOW FEATHERS ATTACHED IN PAIRS WITH CORDAGE. PRICE PAID: GLASS BEADS. SEE ACCESSION RECORDS FOR CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY HU?TOKOT, A 29 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: E428342-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 23 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 4 cm