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: ORIGINALLY IN THE JEAN CARTER LAVE COLLECTION. THE SMALL LAGENARIA GOURD BODY HAS 2 FINGERHOLES AND 1 BLOW HOLE CARVED INTO ONE SIDE. THERE ARE 2 FAINT SCRATCH MARKS CONNECTING THE TWO FINGERHOLES. SUSPENSION CORD AND TOP TASSEL WHICH COVERS NECK ARE BOTH MADE OF TUCUM. THE 3 LOWER PENDANTS ARE ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM THROUGH A WHITISH (GLASS) BEAD. THE BEADS ON THE TUCUM PENDANT STRINGS ARE YELLOW, RED, BLUE AND WHITE, WITH TRANSLUCENT CLAWS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN COVERING THE FEATHER ATTACHMENTS. THE FEATHERS ARE PARROT. PRICE PAID: UNKNOWN. MADE BY PO?POI, AN 18 Y/O FEMALE
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Sep 2019
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: E428336-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 19 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5.5 cm