Miniature Trumpet And Conical 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: THESE ARE TWO OBJECTS TIED TOGETHER, A MINATURE HORN TRUMPET AND A MINATURE CONICAL WOOD FLUTE, BOTH MADE BY A 17 YEAR OLD FEMALE. THEY ARE "VERY WELL DONE: NO OTHER SUCH MINATURES SEEN IN FIELD OR IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS EXCEPT FOR " NEWTON 1968-422. THESE ARE NON-FUNCTIONAL. THE TRUMPET AIRSHAFT IS A COMPOSITE OF PALM; THE WOVEN COVERWORK IS BURITI AND IMBE. THE RESONATOR IS AN ANIMAL CLAW, UNIDENTIFIED. THE BINDING AND BEAD STRINGS ARE GREEN COMMERCIAL STRING. THE PENDANTS ARE PALE BLUE AND GREEN GLASS BEADS AND HOOF/NAIL TIPS, KIND UNKNOWN. THE FEATHERS ARE LITTLE RED (CLIPPED) AND YELLOW (UNCLIPPED) MACAW AND OTHER FEATHERS. THE CONICAL FLUTE IS MADE FROM CASCA DE CAJA, OR PULI WOOD. PRICE PAID: 1.CRN. THE OTHER MINATURE SET IN THIS COLLECTION WAS MADE BY AND OBTAINED FROM MARLENE'S HUSBAND. "...THESE MAY HAVE BEEN A COLLABORATION BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE." SEE ACCESSION RECORDS FOR CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY MARLENE AIKRUNI, 17 Y/O FEMALE
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Governador, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pukobye
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E428412-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute / Trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5.5 cm