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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
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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