Nose Flute (Mbita-Ni-Tanga, Bitu ni Vakatagi)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A JOINT OF BAMBOO CLOSED AT BOTH ENDS BY THE JOINTS. IT HAS TWO HOLES AT THE SAME END BUT OPPOSITE SIDES. (SEE BACK OF CARD 2,901)."
label: Notes
content: Geometric pokerwork decoration on half of flute only; other half left plain. Has original Peale # label. It also has another Exploring Expedition paper label glued on: "Fiji Ids. Nose Flute, Box No. 25, Ornth Dpt." Per Jane Walsh, the Ornithology Department was headed by Titian Peale.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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: E2903-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Nose Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37.6 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 6.5 cm