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: LAGENARIA GOURD BODY WITH 2 TINY FINGERHOLES AND A LARGER BLOWING HOLE IN ONE SIDE. TRIANGLES AND DOTS ARE PAINTED ON THE GOURD WITH SOME OF THE BLACK PAINT NOW TURNING GRAY. THE TUCUM SUSPENSION CORD IS DRAWN THROUGH THE ENTIRE GOURD. THE LOWER 2 PENDANTS ARE MADE OF 4 BEADED STRINGS. EACH PENDANT IS MADE OF GRAYISH AND BROWN CLIPPED FEATHERS OR TWISTS OF BLUE COTTON ATTACHED TOSTRINGS OF WHITE, YELLOW, BLUE, RED AND ONE GRAY BEAD. THESE TUCUM STRINGS ARE IN TURN ATTACHD TO EITHER A MELON-SHAPED WHITE PLASTIC BEAD OR A GREEN PLASTIC BEAD, WHICH ARE THEN TIED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SUSPENSION CORD. ONE OF THE 4 BEADED STRINGS IN EACH PENDANT ARE TIED TOGETHER AT THE BOTTOM JUST BEFORE THE FEATHERS ARE ATTACHED THROUGH THE GRAY BEAD. PRICE PAID: UNKNOWN.
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: E428339-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 6 cm