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 A PATTERN OF INTERSECTING LINES BURNT ON AND PAINTED ON WITH THICK BROWN PIGMENT. THE SUSPENSION, BINDING AND BEAD CORDS ARE BURITI. 2 LOWER PENDANTS ARE MADE FROM VIVID YELLOW/GREEN/ORANGE FEATHERS BOUND WITH BURITI, ATTACHED TO THE END OF BURITI CORD STRUNG WITH A LARGE RED AND BLACK SEED, AND SMALL, BLACK WRINKLED SEEDS. SUSPENSION CORD AND ONE OF 2 UPPER PENDANTS HAVE BUG DAMAGE. THE SUSPENSION CORD IS NOW SEP RATE FROM THE OBJECT AND TIED OFF WITH WHITE THREAD. THE 2 UPPER PENDANTS WERE JUST LIKE THE LOWER ONES, BUT ONE FEATHER IS GONE, AND IT'S BEADED CORD IS BOUND WITH WHITE THREAD. PRICE PAID: 7 CRS. SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFOR ATION. MADE B YYONTE, A 34 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: E428357-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 4 cm