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Object Number 13-16-30/85364
Display Title Flute
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd flute, hollow gourd with perforated reed extension, resin, feather deco.
Classification
  • Woodwind
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Woyawoi
  • Taruma
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Dimensions Overall: 26.6 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm (10 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85364; 21-25
Provenance
Collector Rev. John W. Ogilvie (1912-1913 - 1913)

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