Cane, Direct Flute
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Dec 1875
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE OF THREE JOINTS OF CANE WITH THE SEPTUMS REMOVED. THERE ARE 4 FINGER HOLES IN THE MIDDLE JOINT. BLOWN ACROSS THE END. DECORATED WITH DESIGNS IN INCISED LINES AND THE UPPER JOINT WOUND WITH NARROW RED OR MAROON BRAID. LOANED TO MHT: 6/22/66. RETURNED: 8/11/67. ILLUS. HNDBK. OF N. AMER. INDIANS, VOL. 8, CALIFORNIA, FIG. 13, PG. 607. "CANE END-BLOWN FLUTE, INCISED AND RUBBED WITH BROWN PIGMENT. THE UPPER END IS WRAPPED WITH RED FABRIC TAPE."
label: Notes
content: Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies this as "Blowed with mouth or nose."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 May 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tipai-Ipai (Kumeyaay)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004130
label: USNM Number
content: E19756-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute