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Object Number
13-16-30/84598
Display Title
Flute, crab
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tube, black and white stripes, crab effigy, threaded feathers
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Wapishana
- Arawak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
British Guiana
South America / Guyana
South America / Guyana
Materials
Cane, Wood, Pigment, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 89 x 16 x 13 cm (35 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
84598 / 16
Provenance
Collector
Rev. John W. Ogilvie
(1912-1913 - 1913)
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