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Flute
Object Number 37-98-70/670
Display Title Flute
Descriptions
Indigenous Term djigoe
Object Description Wooden flute with eight slanted fingerholes along bottom half of cylinder; pair of holes at third distance from other end, one slanted/ one straight.
Inventory Description Flute, bamboo, ten holes
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island
Additional Geographic Terms Dutch East Indies, South; Hilisimaetano, vicinity of
Materials Bamboo, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 29.25 x 1 x 1 cm (11 1/2 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/670
Provenance
Collector Dr. Barbara Lawrence

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