Nose-Flute
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Apr 1900
label: Collection Date
content: 1899 to 1900
name: label: Collector
content: Charles H. Townsend
label: Collector
content: H. F. Moore
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries
label: Expedition
content: Albatross Expedition / U.S. Fish Commission
label: Vessel
content: U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross"
notes: label: Notes
content: From card "Polished joint of bamboo. Disk with perforation in one end"
label: Notes
content: Dr. Brian Diettrich (Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ): "The card says the location is "Uala" and I suspect that is Weno Island in Chuuk (nose flutes in the Caroline Is. were generally only found on Pohnpei and the Chuuk Islands).... technically known as an overtone flute, [which is], as far as I can tell... unique for the Pacific and possibly elsewhere (I've only found cases of overtone flutes played with the mouth)." "Overtone nose flute... The flute is called 'aangun', which means softener or whisperer, and which indicates something of the sound."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micronesian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 036365
label: USNM Number
content: E206354-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Nose Flute