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 WITH BURNT ON LINE DECORATION. TINY HOLE BURNT IN NEAR LEFT FINGER STOP (ONE OF THE SMALLER HOLES). TUCUM SUSPENSION CORD IS STRUNG WITH "WHEAT SEEDS." IT IS BROKEN AND TIED OFF. THE UPPER 2 PENDANTS HAVE BECOME DETACHED WHEN THE SUSPENSION CORD WAS CHEWED THROUGH BY BUGS. DR. NEWTON RE-THREADED THE BLACK IRREGULARLY-SHAPED SEEDS AND RED FEATHERS AND BAGGED THEM. THE LOWER 4 PENDANTS ARE MADE OF SMALL RED, AND RED/BLUE/YELLOW FEATHERS ON CORDS WITH THE SAME SMALL, BLACK, IRRUGULARLY-SHAPED SEEDS, BUT ALL FOUR ARE ATTACHED TO ONE LARGE, MEDIUM RED SEED BEFORE BEING ATTACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE GOURD. PRICE PAID: 7 CRS., WITH E428353 AND 354. SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY YONTE, A 34 Y/0 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: E428352-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 54 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 6 cm