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Object Number
09-3-30/75917
Display Title
Flute
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Reed flute, bands of wrapped string, 7 holes, cracked.
Classification
- Woodwind
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Arawakan
- Piro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
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Peru
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<County>
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<City>
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Piro
Additional Geographic Terms
Puruo River, Headwaters of the
Materials
Reed, Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 41.5 x 1.8 x 1.9 cm (16 5/16 x 11/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
75917
Provenance
Expedition
Dr. William C. Farabee
(1906-1909 - 1909)
Expedition
De Milhau South American Expedition
(1906-1909 - 1909)
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