Whole Gourd 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: LAGENARIA GOURD BODY WITH 2 SMALL HOLES FOR FINGERS AND A LARGER HOLE TO BLOW THROUGH CUT INTO ONE SIDE. THERE ARE FAINT SCRATCH LINES (GUIDE MARKS?) AND BLA CK PAINT OR RESIN ON THE GOURD. THE SUSPENSION CORD IS 2 STRANDS OF TUCUM. THE PENDANTS AT THE BASE ARE OF BEADED COTTON STRING AND FEATHERS. EACH BEADED STRING ENDS WITH 1 WHITE AND 1 BLACK/BLUE CLIPPED FEATHER. THE BEADS ARE AKU SEEDS. RESIN FIXES THE FEATHERS TO THE AKU. THE TOP PENDANT IS AN URUCU STAINED 2-STRAND COTTON TASSEL, WITH ONE RED PLASTIC BEAD. PRICE PAID: UNKNOWN. SEE ACCESSION R CORDS FOR CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY HU?TOKOT, A 17 Y/O MALE
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E428333-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 6 cm