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Object Number
12-29-10/84357
Display Title
Ceremonial musical instrument, 3 parts: gourd, stick and bone scraper
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceremonial musical instrument, 3 parts: gourd, stick and bone scraper. Holes in gourd show that it used to be a water jug.
Inventory Description
Instrument, large painted gourd, per- forated, wood rasp, bone scraper
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Gourd, Wood, Bone, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 37.5 x 16.6 x 18 cm (14 3/4 x 6 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
84357 & No 51
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1912)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1912)
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