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. LOWER 3 PENDANTS CONSIST OF BLUE AND RED FEATHERS ATTACHED TO CORDS STRUNG WITH SMALL WRINKLED BLACK SEEDS. UPPER 4 PENDANTS ARE STRUNG WITH RED AND BLACK SEEDS, SMOOTH BLACK SEEDS AND "WHEAT SEEDS." EACH PENDANT HAS 3 OR 4 FEATHERS. THE TUCUM SUSPENSION CORD IS DOUBLED, STRUNG WITH A PATTERN OF "WHEAT SEEDS," SMOOTH BLACK SEEDS AND RED AND BLACK SEEDS. THEY ARE STRUNG IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE CENTER BEADS ARE SMOOTH BLACK, DIVI D ED BY RED SEEDS, WITH WHEAT SEEDS ALONG THE SIDES. THE BEADING TECHNIQUE INVOL ES WEAVING BOTH CORDS THROUGH THE CENTER SEEDS, ONE FROM EACH DIRECTION,THEN STRINGING A WHEAT SEED, THEN REPEATING THE PROCESS. AT SOME POINT THE CORD WAS BROKEN AND DR. NEWTON HAS PORTIONS WRAPPED IN WHITE ACID- FREE PAPER. PRICE PAID: WITH E428355 WAS 10 CRS. SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY HAPRE, 39 Y/O FEMALE
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: 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: E428356-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 50 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 6 cm