Directo Flute (Wat-Sa-Pua)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Feb 1867
label: Collection Date
content: Ca 1852
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. W. C. McClintock
label: Donor Name
content: Hon. J. F. Crampton
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THE THIGH BONE OF A PUMA. IT HAS THREE FINGER HOLES. THIS SPECIMEN SHOWS ONE OF THE STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FLAGEOLET. THE THIGH BONE OF A PUMA, THE OUTSIDE HAS BEEN WORKED DOWN SMOOTH. THE CAVITY FORMING THE BASE THE KNEE JOINT END HAS BEEN CUT SQUARE ACROSS, A NEARLY RECTRANGULAR NOTCH MADE IN THE END ON THE SIDE WHERE THE CURVE IS CONCAVE. THE ENLARGED CAVITY AT THE END FITTED WITH BLACK CEMENT 3/8 IN. WIDE AND HALF AN INCH DEEP AT THE NOTCH. IT HAS THREE FINGER HOLES IN LINE WITH THE NOTCH AND THE LOWEST ONE 4-5/8 INCHES BELOW THE TIP. A DEEP NOTCH IS MADE IN THE LOWER END OF THE BONE, ITS BOTTOM IS 6-7/8 IN. BELOW THE TOP. IT IS ORNAMENTED WITH A NARROW BAND OF CROSS HATCHED INCISED LINES ABOVE THE UPPER FINGER HOLE. NO.4346-ILLUS. IN BULLETIN 136, USNM, PL. 14-A." FROM CARD: "FLUTE--MADE FROM THE THIGH-BONE OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN TIGER, FELIS CONCOLOR. (?). ORNAMENTED WITH INCISED RINGS AND LINES. THE MOUTH-HOLE IS FORMED WITH RESIN IN ONE END, WHICH IS CUT OFF SQUARE; THREE FINGER-HOLES ON TOP. CARIB INDIANS. LENGTH, 8 1/2 INCHES. BRITISH GUIANA, SOUTH AMERICA. 4,346. GIFT. W. C. MCCLINTOCK." SEE WILSON, PREHISTORIC ART P.650
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Guyana, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Carib
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 67A00053
label: USNM Number
content: E4346-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 21.6 cm