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Flute, bird
Object Number 13-16-30/84599
Display Title Flute, bird
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tube, black and white stripes, with bird(?) on one end, threaded feathers
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wapishana
  • Arawak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Materials Cane, Wood, Pigment, Feather
Dimensions Overall: 89 x 22 x 8 cm (35 1/16 x 8 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 84599 / 18
Provenance
Collector Rev. John W. Ogilvie (1912-1913 - 1913)

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