Vessel flute
about 1930
Object PlacePapua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware
DimensionsLength 9.5 cm, width 7.4 cm, depth 4 cm (Length 3 3/4 in., width 2 15/16 in., depth 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.288
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
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)
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