Flageolet

Museum number:
2-4882
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
67 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
With remnants of red pigment; buckskin thong wrappers with pendant round beads; rectangular strip of corroded metal near center of instrument; carving of red-stained long-beaked bird tied above instrument. Carved wood, brass beads.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Kiowa
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Flageolets
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Context of use:
For making music.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 14 centimeters and length 57 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4405. References: See 2-4881.
Loans:
S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975) and S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flageolet, accession number 2-4882, described as With remnants of red pigment; buckskin thong wrappers with pendant round beads; rectangular strip of corroded metal near center of instrument; carving of red-stained long-beaked bird tied above instrument. Carved wood, brass beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flageolet, accession number 2-4882, described as With remnants of red pigment; buckskin thong wrappers with pendant round beads; rectangular strip of corroded metal near center of instrument; carving of red-stained long-beaked bird tied above instrument. Carved wood, brass beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flageolet, accession number 2-4882, described as With remnants of red pigment; buckskin thong wrappers with pendant round beads; rectangular strip of corroded metal near center of instrument; carving of red-stained long-beaked bird tied above instrument. Carved wood, brass beads.

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