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Object Number 35-78-10/5031
Display Title Flute made of elderberry.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Woina
Object Description Flute made of elderberry. The stop is pine pitch, the wrapping string of wild hemp, the paint native mineral red (see authorities for more information)
Inventory Description Woodwind, flute, four holes, vegetable fiber cord wrapped near mouthpiece, slant
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Artist Ben Boney (04/01/1935-11/01/1935)
Culture
  • Agaideka
  • Northern Shoshone
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Nevada / Elko County / Owyhee
Dimensions Overall: 54 x 1.9 x 0.3 cm (21 1/4 x 3/4 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-78-10/5031
Provenance
Collector Julian H. Steward (04/01/1935-11/01/1935)
Intermediary Julian H. Steward (07/01/1935-10/01/1935)

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