Indian Flageolet: "Que-Zoot"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Collector
content: William Dinwiddie
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "FLAGEOLET, OR REED PIPE.-MADE FROM A REED (PHRAGMITIS COMMUNIS) EMBRACING TWO SECTIONS IN THE MIDDLE, AND ONE-HALF SECTION AT EACH END. THE DIAPHRAGM OF THE UPPER SECTION HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE DIAPHRAGM OF THE MIDDLE SECTION REMAINS, AND TWO ELONGATED HOLES ARE MADE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THIS PARTITION AND A NOTCH CUT IN BETWEEN THEM IN THE DIAPHRAGM TO FORM THE AIR PASSAGE. A STRIP OF PAPER, CLOTH, OR ANY FLEXIBLE MATERIAL (A BAND OF TRANSPARENT CELLULOID HAS TAKEN THE PLACE OF THE ORIGINAL PAPER AND PERMITS A VIEW OF THE DOUBLE HOLES) IS PLACED SO THAT ITS LOWER EDGE IS ON A LINE WITH THE LOWER EDGE OF THE LAST HOLE. THE FINGER SERVES AT TIMES AS A CAP. IT HAS THREE FINGER HOLES, THE UPPER ONE BEING 4 3/4 INCHES, AND THE LOWER 6 3/8 INCHES FROM THE CENTER DIAPHRAGM. THE LOWER OR BOTTOM END DIAPHRAGM IS PUNCTURED WITH A 1/4-INCH HOLE. LENGTH, 23 1/2 INCHES; DIAMETER, 1 INCH. PAPAGO INDIANS, PIMA CO., ARIZONA, 1894. 174,518. COLLECTED BY W J MCGEE AND WM. DINWIDDIE. (SEE LABEL ON DRUM.)"
label: Notes
content: Flute has incised exterior decoration, including the words "Felix N.", "Tucson", "Catch", "Cat", and "You".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, San Xavier Reservation / Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papago (Tohono O'odham)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174518-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 59.7 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 3 cm