Whole Gourd Flute
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: MADE FOR SALE. LAGENARIA GOURD BODY WITH BURNT ON LINEAR DESIGN. LOWER 3 PENDANTS CONSIST OF LITTLE RED, GREEN AND BLUE FEATHERS ATTACHED TO CORDS STRUNG WITH LARGE RED SEEDS AND SMALL, WRINKLED BLACK SEEDS. THERE ARE NO UPPER PENDANTS.THE TUCUM SUSPENSION CORD IS UNUSUAL. IT IS DOUBLE STRUNG, EACH WITH A SERIES OF BLACK SEEDS, AND RED AND BLACK SEEDS, WITH PORCUPINE QUILLS STRUNG LENGTHWISE AND THREADED THROUGH BOTH ENDS SO THAT BOTH CORDS ARE JOINED BY THE QUILLS. THE SUSPENSION CORD THAT GOES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE GOURD IS ALSO NOT USUAL. PRICE PAID: 10 CRS. PURCHASED WITH E428356. SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY HAPRE, A 39 Y/O FEMALE
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: E428355-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 46 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 7 cm