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Nose flute
Object Number 00-8-70/55315
Display Title Nose flute
Descriptions
Inventory Description Flute, bamboo tube, 8 perforations, burnt grid and linear designs, cracked
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 58.8 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm (23 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55315
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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