Flute

Museum number:
1-3979
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
977 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.114
Description:
Musical instrument, flute, wood; four finger holes near center, two at distal end; geometric design burned into wood near distal end
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Picayune rancheria, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
from the Chukchansi at Picyuna (Katanin) 5 m from coarse Gold, Madera county.
Culture or time period:
Chukchansi
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
January 8-17, 1904
Materials:
Wood (plant 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)
Loans:
S1994-1995 #9: SFO Museum (April 7, 1995–December 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 1-3979, described as Musical instrument, flute, wood; four finger holes near center, two at distal end; geometric design burned into wood near distal end
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 1-3979, described as Musical instrument, flute, wood; four finger holes near center, two at distal end; geometric design burned into wood near distal endDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 1-3979, described as Musical instrument, flute, wood; four finger holes near center, two at distal end; geometric design burned into wood near distal endDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 1-3979, described as Musical instrument, flute, wood; four finger holes near center, two at distal end; geometric design burned into wood near distal end

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