Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected at an unknown date by Jane Davenport De Tomasi (1897-1984, daughter of Charles Davenport of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Cold Spring, New York, and an avid traveler); donated to MAI in 1985 by her husband James A. De Tomasi (1902-1988, a scientist at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Central America (attributed)
- Collector
- Jane D. De Tomasi (Jane Davenport Harris de Tomasi/Jane Joralemon Davenport), Non-Indian, 1897-1984
- Previous owner
- Jane D. De Tomasi (Jane Davenport Harris de Tomasi/Jane Joralemon Davenport), Non-Indian, 1897-1984
- Dr. James A. De Tomasi, Non-Indian, 1902-1988
- Donor
- Dr. James A. De Tomasi, Non-Indian, 1902-1988
- Object Name
- Flute
- Media/Materials
- Cane
- Techniques
- Carved, perforated
- Dimensions
- 47 x 3 cm
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
