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Flute, end-blown
Object Number 94-14-70/51553
Display Title Flute, end-blown
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Suling
Object Description Flute, end-blown. Blowhole at closed end of cylinder; rattan knot to direct air into blowhole; six holes positioned on lower half ot cylinder; decorated with closely arranged parallel lines around circumferance of cylinder.
Inventory Description Flute, hollow bamboo, perforated, plant fiber knot and tie, pyro-engraved
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Java
Materials Bamboo, Rattan
Dimensions Overall: 36.7 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm (14 7/16 × 1/2 × 1/2 in.) Storage: 40.6401 × 6.0325 × 1.905 cm (16 × 2 3/8 × 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51553
Provenance
Collector Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam
Donor Donated by Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam

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