Whistle, Duct 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: POSSIBLY OBTAINED FROM AND MADE BY KARUPURU, A 29 Y/O MALE. RELATIVELY CLEAN. SHAFT IS MADE FROM BAMBOO, WITH A HOLE CUT MIDWAY DOWN THE SHAFT. A RESIN PLUG SITS IN THE HOLE DIRECTING THE AIR FLOW. THE SHAFT IS WRAPPED WITH WHITE COTTON, FIRST SMOOTHLY AND THEN IN A CROSS PATTERN. THE SUSPENSION CORD IS MADE OF WHITE COTTON AND IS ATTACHED AT ONE END, WITH THE 3 PENDANTS. THE PENDANTS ARE MADE FROM ORANGE/YELLOW/GREEN FEATHERS ATTACHED TO STRINGS OF AKU. "THE DECORATIVE COVERWORK IS A ROUGH IMITATION OF THE INTEGRATED PATTERN OF WRAPPING ON OTHERS OF THIS TYPE." PRICE PAID: BEADS.SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFORMATION.
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: E428363-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle
physicalDescription: label: Length - With Cord
content: 5 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 15 cm