Clarinet (Tongued-Reed 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: CALLED A MEO?ITATAGERE. UNUSED. THE LAGENARIA GOURD HAS BEEN CUT AT ONE END, AND PAINTED WITH NOW FADING URUCU DESIGNS. THE BAMBOO SHAFT EXTENDS DOWN THROUGHTHE UNCUT END OF THE GOURD. THE INTERIOR END OF THE BAMBOO SHAFT IS CLOSED, BUT THERE IS A CUT ON THE SHAFT FROM WHICH THERE IS A SPLITTING OF THE SIDE OF THE SHAFT UP TOWARDS THE MOUTHPIECE. BLACK RESIN JOINS THE MOUTHPIECE AND THE GOURD ABOUT MIDSHAFT. THE EXPOSED END OF THE SHAFT HAS WOVEN COVERWORK OF LIGHT BURITI AND DARK IMBE BOUND TO IT WITH RESIN COATED TUCUM. THE THICK WHITE COTTON SUSPENSION CORD RUNS DOWN THE SHAFT TO THE JOIN. THERE ARE 8 PENDANTS ATTACHED THERE ALSO, ALL OF WHICH ARE MADE FROM BROWN AND BROWN/WHITE STRIPED FEATHERS WITH CLIPPED ENDS ATTACHED TO CORDS STRUNG WITH LARGE BLUE PLASTIC BEADS, AKU AND COTTON SEEDS. THE FEATHERS ARE BOUND WITH WHITE COTTON CORD, BUTTHE BINDING IS PARTIALLY HIDDEN BY SEED HUSKS. ONE FEATHER IS YELLOW AND GREEN. DR NEWTON SAYS THE FINISHING IS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DONE, THE JOINT IS SEALED AND THE BINDINGS TIGHT. PRICE PAID: 2 CRN. MADE BY XIKI, A 61 Y/O MALE
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Apinaye
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E428367-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clarinet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 19 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm