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: "A SECTION OF BAMBOO WITH BOTH ENDS CLOSED BY THE JOINTS. IT HAS SEVEN HOLES, ONE NEAR EACH END, THREE BETWEEN AND TWO AROUND THE MIDDLE, EQUAL DISTANCE FROM THE MIDDLE HOLE AND EACH OTHER ORNAMENTED WITH NATIVE DESIGNS IN CHARRED LINES. (SEE BACK OF CARD 2,901)."
label: Notes
content: Geometric wood-burned decoration (pokerwork), mainly triangular patterns.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2904-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Nose Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 35.2 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 2.9 cm