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Object Number 2023.2.3
Display Title Bone flute
Descriptions
Inventory Description Flute, perforated long bone, three holes on one end, cluster of small holes on other end
Classification
  • Musical
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Colombian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 19 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm (7 1/2 × 1 3/8 × 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Jean E. Jackson

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