Nose Flute (Mbita-Ni-Tanga, Bitu ni Vakatagi)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SIMILAR TO 2,904. SMALL REED; FIVE FINGER-HOLES ON TOP, ONE ON EACH SIDE, AND ONE UNDERNEATH."
label: Notes
content: Made from single node of bamboo, closed at both ends. Overall geometric design burned on (pokerwork). Design in four sections; two cross hatch, two "checkerboard." Five holes along length of flute, evenly spaced; three holes around center. There are a total of seven holes.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2905-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Nose Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 45.6 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 8 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 2.8 cm