Vessel flute
about 1930
Object PlacePapua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware
DimensionsLength 8.2 cm, width 5.2 cm, depth 2.5 cm (Length 3 1/4 in., width 2 1/16 in., depth 1 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.290
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)
19th century
late 19th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
A.D. 1200–1521
possibly before A.D. 1500