Didgeridoo, wooden tube with carved designs

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Object Number 2016.2.4

Display Title Didgeridoo, wooden tube with carved designs

Descriptions

Object Description Didgeridoo; wooden tube with blackened, carved relief animal designs

Inventory Description Didgeridoo, wooden tube with blackened, carved relief animal designs, cracked on entire length

Classification

Woodwind

Department Ethnographic

Date 1968 or earlier

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Solomon islands

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 4.5 × 26.5 × 4.6 cm (1 3/4 × 10 7/16 × 1 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2016.2.4

Credit Line Gift of Anthropological and Medical Expedition to Solomon Islands by Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD, a member of the Expedition

Provenance

Collector Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD (1968-2016)

Donor Donated by Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD (1968-2016)

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