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Object Number 61-7-30/8304
Display Title Straight wooden whistle with nut pendants - musical instrument
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden rattle on strands of fiber rope, with feather shaft, nut ornaments
Classification
  • Woodwind
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Canela
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Ponto
Dimensions Overall: 56 x 15.3 x 4.3 cm (22 1/16 x 6 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-7-30/8304
Provenance
Expedition William Crocker (1957 - 1961)

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