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Object Number 53-29-30/7429
Display Title Bird or animal bone whistle or flute with incised decoration
Descriptions
Object Description Bird or animal bone whistle or flute with incised decoration
Inventory Description Bone whistle, animal long bone, with 4 perforations, incised linear band.
Classification
  • Woodwind
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Jivaro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Ecuador
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 11.8 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm (4 5/8 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53-29-30/7429
Provenance
Collector William Bell Taylor (ca. 1911)
Donor Gordon Bancroft Guptill (1953)

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