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Love Flute

Object Details

Notes
From card: "Six holed flageolet made of two pieces of wood hollowed out and bound with numerous bands of buckskin the ends forming a fringe. Painted red and yellow. Sound box carved in form of a dog? [Loan] A Nation of Nations 12/75. Loan returned Aug 1988. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 11, Great Basin, Fig. 11 top, pg. 351."
Record Last Modified
7 Jul 2021
Specimen Count
1
Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Donor Name
Dr. H. O. Sommer
Accession Date
9 Aug 1920
Object Type
Flute

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