Whole Gourd 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: FROM THE JEAN CARTER LAVE COLLECTION. LAGENARIA GOURD BODY WITH BURNED ON LINE AND DOT PATTERN. SUSPENSION CORD IS COMMERCIAL COTTON THREAD. THE BINDING AND BEAD CORDS ARE TUCUM. THE UPPER PENDANTS ARE STRIPS OF GREEN AND WHITE STRIPED COMMERCIAL CLOTH. THE TWO LOWER PENDANTS ARE MADE FROM "WHEAT" SEEDS AND THE GREEN/WHITE CLOTH UNRAVELED TO MAKE TASSELS. DR. NEWTON SAYS THIS IS A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF "WHEAT" SEEDS IN AN ARTIFACT OF THIS DATE; IN LATER TIMESITS USE BECAME COMMONPLACE. PRICE PAID: UNKNOWN.
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: E428341-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 16 cm