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Flute, carrion crow sailing
Flute, carrion crow sailing
Object Number 13-16-30/84597
Display Title Flute, carrion crow sailing
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tube, black and white stripes, bird [?] effigy, 3 strings of feathers
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wapishana
  • Arawak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Materials Reed, Wood, Pigment, Feather, Cane
Dimensions Overall: 97.5 x 25 x 12.5 cm (38 3/8 x 9 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 84597
Provenance
Collector Rev. John W. Ogilvie (1912-1913 - 1913)

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