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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 view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
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