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Object Number 46-78-70/2320
Display Title Bamboo flute with dark diamond shaped designs
Descriptions
Inventory Description Flute, cylindrical bamboo tube, open at one end, six perforations along tube, one square perforation at closed end, incised with linear and diamond designs, fire-burned designs
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ming
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Java
Additional Geographic Terms Malay Archipelago
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 57.4 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm (22 5/8 × 1 × 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-78-70/2320
Provenance
Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (01/01/1893)
Donor Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (11/27/1946)

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