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Flute, frog
Object Number 13-16-30/84596
Display Title Flute, frog
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tube, black and white stripes, frog on end, with threaded feathers
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arawak
  • Wapishana
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Materials Reed, Wood, Pigment, Feather, Cane
Dimensions Overall: 92 x 15 x 10 cm (36 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 84596 / 17
Provenance
Collector Rev. John W. Ogilvie (1912-1913 - 1913)

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