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Object Number 04-19-70/63117
Display Title Flute, nose-blown
Descriptions
Object Description Flute, nose blown. Bamboo cylinder with five fingerholes cut in bottom half of cylinder; four fingerholes on one side and one opposite side; blow hole at end of cylinder.
Inventory Description Flutes, bamboo segments, four holes one side, one opposite hole, burned design
Classification
  • Woodwind
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Additional Geographic Terms Baram, Sarawak
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 81.25 x 2.25 x 2.25 cm (32 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 63317; P/797
Provenance
Collector Mr. Hose
Collector Alfred Craven Harrison Jr.
Collector H. M. Miller
Collector Dr. William H. Furness, III

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