Flute

Museum number:
5-6751
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Cone flute; wood; hollow cone-shape; small opening at narrow end; painted black; wrapped with wire at narrow end; fur stitched around wide end; l. 12.5 cm.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Acholi (Murdock 43:10)
Culture or time period:
Acholi
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Flutes (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 5-6751, described as Cone flute; wood; hollow cone-shape; small opening at narrow end; painted black; wrapped with wire at narrow end; fur stitched around wide end; l. 12.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 5-6751, described as Cone flute; wood; hollow cone-shape; small opening at narrow end; painted black; wrapped with wire at narrow end; fur stitched around wide end; l. 12.5 cm.

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