Panpipes "Lutu ni Vakatagi"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Augustus L. Case
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THREE TUBES OF CANE OPEN AT UPPER END AND CLOSED BY THE JOINT AT THE OTHER. L. OF BORES FROM 7 1/8 TO 5 3/8" DIA. FROM 5/16 TO 1/4". THE OPEN ENDS ARE CUT SLIGHTLY OBLIQUE, THE CANES ARE LASHED TOGETHER WITH VEGETABLE FIBRE."
label: Notes
content: Three bamboo tubes open at upper end, and closed by the joint at the other. The open ends are cut obliquely. Canes are lashed together with vegetal fiber near the bottom, uneven lengths. A light band across tubes at upper end suggests that the securing fiber was lost from thsi end. Has original Peale # label and old writing: "_____ by A. L. Case Ex Ex 15."
label: Notes
content: The name "A. L. Case" marked on the panpipe implies the collector may be Lt. Augustus Ludlow Case of the expedition.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Apr 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2900-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Panpipes
physicalDescription: label: Length - Longest Tube
content: 19.5 cm
label: Length - Middle Tube
content: 18 cm
label: Length - Shortest Tube
content: 14.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.7 cm