Nose Flute
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: William Brackenridge
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: A SECTION OF BAMBOO, ONE END CLOSED BY THE JOINT,THE OTHER OPEN. THERE IS LARGE AND SMALL HOLES MADE NEAR THE CLOSED END, AND TOWARDS THE OPEN END ARE TWO SMALLER HOLES. OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD READS "NOSE FLUTE ---BAMBOO; ONE END OPEN; ON TOP; NEAR CLOSED END, IS ONE LARGE AND SMALL HOLE; TOWARD OPEN END ARE TWO SMALL HOLES. LENGTH, 12 INS. DIAMETER, 7/8 IN..." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A SECTION OF BAMBOO, ONE END CLOSED BY THE JOINT, THE OTHER OPEN. A LARGE AND SMALL HOLE IS MADE NEAR THE CLOSED END. TOWARDS THE OPEN END ARE TWO SMALL HOLES. THE SOUND HOLE IS LARGE, 5/16 BY 3/16 IN. AND 5/8 FROM UPPER END. IT HAS THREE SMALL FINGER HOLES IN LINE WITH SOUND HOLE, ABOUT 1/8 IN. IN DIAMETER. THEIR DISTANCES RESPECTIVELY FROM THE SOUND HOLE CENTER ARE 1 13/16, 7 AND 8 1/8 INCHES."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tahiti, Society Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tahitian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3812-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Nose Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 30.3 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 1.3 cm