Flute

Museum number:
1-4360
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010004360
Alternate number:
1607 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.135, Acc.136, Acc.137, and Acc.138
Description:
Bamboo, with three finger stops and a mouth hole. Folded newspaper tied wtih cotton twine is placed around midsection. One end is in poor condition due to many splits in the bamboo.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1904
Materials:
Bamboo (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Flutes (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 47 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 1-4360, described as Bamboo, with three finger stops and a mouth hole. Folded newspaper tied wtih cotton twine is placed around midsection. One end is in poor condition due to many splits in the bamboo.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 1-4360, described as Bamboo, with three finger stops and a mouth hole. Folded newspaper tied wtih cotton twine is placed around midsection. One end is in poor condition due to many splits in the bamboo.

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