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Nose flute
Object Number 00-8-70/55362
Display Title Nose flute
Descriptions
Inventory Description Flute, bamboo tube with 5 perforations 1 side, 1 on other, burnt inscription, cr
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga / <State> / Vava'u
Additional Geographic Terms Vavau Group
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 68.6 x 6.1 x 6.2 cm (27 x 2 3/8 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55362; Aibivmi
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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