Whole Gourd 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: FROM THE JEAN CARTER LAVE COLLECTION. LAGENARIA GOURD BODY WITH BURNED-ON MARKINGS IN A "STITCHING" PATTERN. THE GOURD NECK LOOKS LIKE A THERMOMETER. SMALL FINGERHOLES AND LARGER BLOWHOLE IN ONE SIDE. PATTERN AROUND THE BOTTOM PENDANT HOLE IS SCORED, BUT NOT BURNT. THE 4 LOWER PENDANTS ARE MADE FROM RED GLASS AND RED/BLUE STRIPED AND WHITE BEADS. STRING TASSELS ARE ATTACHED TO THE BEADED STRINGS, BUT THE ATTACHMENT IS HIDDEN UNDER SMALL ANIMAL CLAWS OR DEER HOOF TIPS. THE UPPER PENDANTS ARE MADE OF RED, YELLOW, WHITE, CLEAR AND RED AND BLUE STRIPED WHITE BEADS, AND SMALL ANIMAL CLAWS. 2 OF THE PENDANTS HAVE BEEN BROKEN OFF, BUT THE STRINGS HAVE TANGLED SO THAT THEY ARE STILL PRESENT. SEVERAL SEED CASINGS ARE STUCK TO THE STRINGS. TWO OF THE HOOFS OR CLAWS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED. PRICE PAID: ABOUT 150 CRS. MADE BY AMYOKOKRIT, A 25 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: E428338-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: ca 6 cm