Nose-Flute "Mbito Ni Tangi"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Us Consul Isaac M. Brower
label: Donor Name
content: Us Consul Isaac M. Brower
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE FROM TWO JOINTS OF BAMBOO, THE UPPER ONE IS CLOSED AT BOTH ENDS BY ITS SEPTUMS, IT HAS THREE LATERAL HOLES, ONE NEAR UPPER AND THE SECOND TWO INCHES BELOW AND ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THE THIRD NEAR LOWER SEPTUM ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE SECOND HOLE. FROM THE LOWER SECTION TWO PIECES HAVE BEEN REMOVED, LEAVING THE REMAINING LIKE A FORK. THE REMAINING PIECES ARE PAINTED LIKE A LEAF OF MAIZE. SEE BACK OF CARD 2,901."
label: Notes
content: Possibly a lateral flute from the Solomon Islands. In contrast with Fijian common nose flutes (bituucu) it only has three holes, and prominent parts at the bottom used for percussion and/or decoration purposes.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Solomon Islands (not certain) / Fiji (not certain), Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005306
label: USNM Number
content: E23939-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Nose Flute