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Vessel flute

about 1930
Object PlacePapua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware
DimensionsLength 14.2 cm, width 9.3 cm, depth 4.1 cm (Length 5 9/16 in., width 3 11/16 in., depth 1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.287
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsSmall glued-on label with typed number "6" or "9"
ProvenanceBefore 1979, private collection of New Guinea material compiled about 1930, New York; about 1979, Lillian Caplin, Center for Musical Antiquities, New York; before 1984, sold by Caplin to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
Restricted: For reference only
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Vessel flute
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Restricted: For reference only
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Vessel flute
after A.D. 1600
Restricted: For reference only
after A.D. 1600
Restricted: For reference only
500 B.C.–A.D. 500
Vessel whistle (?)
A.D. 550–750
Vessel whistle
before A.D. 1600
Restricted: For reference only
before A.D. 1600
Restricted: For reference only
before A.D. 1600
Vessel flute
A.D. 800–1200