Flutes

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Object Number 11-43-30/82968

Display Title Flutes

Descriptions

Inventory Description Bamboo flutes, burned human and geometric designs, feather tips, carved base.

Classification

Woodwind
Raw Material

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Woyawoi

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Guyana
South America / British Guiana

Materials Bamboo, Feather, Resin

Dimensions Overall: 48.1 x 3.3 x 3.5 cm (18 15/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Quantity 3

Label on object 82968

Provenance

Collector Rev. John W. Ogilvie (1910 - 1911)

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