Gourd Trumpet
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: ODDLY SHAPED TRUMPET BECAUSE THE LAGENARIA GOURD RESONATOR IS CURVED. THE GOURD JOINT WITH THE SHAFT IS UNSTABLE. TWO MACAW FEATHERS ARE DETACHED, AND MAY NOT HAVE COME WITH THE OBJECT. THERE IS A BLACK KNIT COTTON BAND AROUND THE GOURD. DECORATIVE? THE BAMBOO AIRSHAFT HAS WOVEN COVERWORK OF LIGHT ARROWCANE AND DARK IMBE. THE AREA OF THE SHAFT BETWEEN THE BLOWING HOLE AND THE CLOSED END HAS A WRAP OF IMBE CORD. THE COVERWORK BINDING IS COTTON, THE SUSPENSION CORD AND ATTACHMENT IS COMMERCIAL CORD. THE TWO REMAINING PENDANTS ARE BLUE AND RED MACAW FEATHERS, ONE SHORT, ONE LONG. THEY ARE ATTACHED TO THE SUSPENSION CORD BY COTTON SEED STRUNG COMMERCIAL COTTON CORDING. PRICE PAID: 10 CRN. SEE ACCESSION RECORDS FOR CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY PULHUDN, 34 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: E428378-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Length - With Feathers
content: 73 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 31 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 12 cm