Conical 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: OBTAINED FROM KARU, A 29 Y/O MALE. "AT TIME OF PURCHASE, HU?TOKOT TAKES THE FLUTE, AND SMOOTHS THE ROUGH UPPER SURFACE OF THE WOOD WITH HIS KNIFE. KARU, WHO IS SELLING IT, EXPLAINS THAT IT IS ROUGH BECAUSE HIS KNIFE IS POOR." BODY IS WHITE WOOD. IT IS INCISED AND HAS URUCU AND BLACK PAINTED BAND DESIGNS. THE BLACK PAINT IS TURNING WHITE. THE SUSPENSION CORD AND BINDING ARE TUCUM. THERE ARE 4 PENDANTS, THE BEAD CORDS ARE TUCUM. TWO PENDANTS ARE TASSELS OF INNER BARK, THE OTHER TWO ARE ORANGE/ YELLOW/GREEN PARROT FEATHERS. ALL HAVE AKU BEADS. PRICE PAID: 1 CRN. 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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E428397-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5 cm