Duct 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: OBTAINED FROM YONBRUKUR, A 22 Y/O MALE. CALLED A MURE, AND USED IN THE 1963 WE?TE FESTIVAL, FOR WHICH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE FOR A MEMBER OF A CEREMONIAL GROUP. IT WOULD HAVE NO PARTICULAR USE AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE CEREMONY. THE SUSPENSION CORD IS TUCUM, AS IS ITS BINDING TO THE SHAFT OF THE WHISTLE. THE BODY OF THE WHISTLE IS MADE FROM A LENGTH OF BAMBOO, WITH A HOLE CUT IN THE CENTER. A LUMP OF BLACK RESIN IS STUCK TO INSIDE OF THE WHISTLE IN THE CUT, SO THAT THE AIR HAS TO FLOW OVER IT. THE WHISTLE SHAFT IS WRAPPED IN COTTON THREAD, SOME PINK AND SOME GREEN, THE REST WHITE (NOW VERY DIRTY). AFTER THE SMOOTH INITIAL WRAPPING THERE IS A DECORATIVE (?) CROSS WRAPPING. THERE ARE FOUR FEATHER PENDANTS ATTACHED TO THE END NEAR THE SUSPENSION CORD. THE FEATHERS ARE ORANGE E /YELLOW/GREEN AND CLIPPED. THEY ARE ATTACHED TO CORD STRUNG WITH BLACK BLUE, CLEAR RED AND CLEAR BLUE BEADS, THE ATTACHMENT IS HIDDEN BY SEED HUSKS.SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFORMATION.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E428362-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle
physicalDescription: label: Length - With Cord
content: 6 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 1 cm