Bamboo Flute "Wigwi'gan"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Jul 1956
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. John M. Cooper
label: Donor Name
content: Catholic University Of America
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Rev. F. Lambrecht, 1933. Consists of a section of bamboo with three finger holes and mouth piece. Incised hachured decorative designs. This flute is used by men, women and children as a pastime, also sometimes by boys when they go to the dormitories of the girls; however, they do not communicate with as they do with the "bo'ong." The "Wigwi'gan" was formerly a lime box, or "taba'yag."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Philippines
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ifugao
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 211312
label: USNM Number
content: E395845-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 16.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 1.9 cm