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Object Number
985-27-10/59327
Display Title
Arapaho flute. Fastened w/ leather thongs and string, carved wood over stop
Descriptions
Object Description
Arapaho flute. Made from a piece of wood, split, hollowed out and put back together again w/ pitch and then fastened w/ leather thongs and string in 9 places. Six holes. Carved and decorated rectangular piece of wood over stop which abuts a piece of metal. 47.0x2.8 cm.
Inventory Description
Flute, wood, wrapped with twine, leather, rectangular wooden piece tied on top
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Arapaho
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wood, Twine, Metal, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 47 x 2.8 x 4.4 cm (18 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59327, 34309
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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